The SAGE International Handbook of Educational Evaluation

<p>Bringing together the expertise of top evaluation leaders from around the world <b>The SAGE International Handbook of Educational Evaluation</b><b> </b>addresses<b> </b>methods and applications in the field particularly as they relate to policy- and decision-making in an era of globalization. The comprehensive collection of articles in the <b>Handbook</b> compels readers to consider globalization influences on educational evaluation within distinct genres or families of evaluation approaches.</p><p></p><p><b>Key Features</b></p><ul type=disc><li>Discusses substantive issues surrounding globalization and its implication for educational policy and practice and ultimately evaluation;</li><li>Includes state-of-the-art theory chapters and method chapters within scientific accountability-oriented learning-oriented and political genres of evaluation approaches;</li><li>Provides real-world case exemplar chapters to illustrate core concepts within genres;</li><li>Extends dialogue on controversial topics and contemporary educational evaluation tensions in the context of globalization;</li><li>Summarizes by means of an integration chapter the issues tensions and dilemmas confronting educational evaluators in an era of globalization. </li></ul><p>Serving as a state-of-the-art resource on educational evaluation this volume is designed for graduate students evaluation scholars and researchers and professional evaluation practitioners with an interest in educational program and policy evaluation.</p>