Should the Russians be included in the evaluation and, if so, how can that be done? Based on the axiological assumption that the social justice theory of ethics leads to an awareness of the need to redress inequalities by giving precedence, or at least equal weight, to the voice of the least advantaged groups in society who may not have sufficient…

Building an international evaluation community has the potential to strengthen the presence, practice, policies, and theories of evaluation and its contribution to improving the effectiveness of programs, policies, and services by making evaluation more rigorous, visible, and responsive to stakeholders. Following 7 years of work by evaluation…

Presents a vision of evaluation that addresses the integration of intellectual and emotional dimensions. These points of integration are discussed: (1) building relationships of trust with pluralistic communities; (2) considering implications for the theory underlying framing evaluation problems; (3) designing interventions; (4) developing…

Discusses the contributions that transformative theory can make toward the challenges of evaluations with greater inclusiveness of marginalized groups. Proposes the use of an inclusive model of evaluation that can address the tensions between traditional forms of evaluation and what is needed to represent the experiences of marginalized groups.…

Conducted focus groups with deaf and hard of hearing participants (32 adult participants in all) and derived lessons for the conduct of such groups. Emphasizes that focus groups are much more productive when evaluators are sensitive to invisible communication difficulties. (SLD)

Inclusive evaluation is intended to emphasize a participatory, collaborative approach to evaluation. This panel considered what inclusive evaluation approaches look like in current practice and how to implement these approaches in practice successfully. The importance of respecting stakeholders is emphasized. (SLD)