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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Cockerill, Rhonda; Myers, Ted; Allman, Dan – American Journal of Evaluation, 2000
Presents a planning guide that can be used to improve community-based evaluation. The guide consists of a set of questions to be discussed with all stakeholders. It covers issues of the nature and purpose of the evaluation, research methods and approaches, participation and decision making, conflict resolution, and dissemination and use of…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Conflict Resolution, Evaluation Methods, Guides
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Knott, Tara D. – American Journal of Evaluation, 1998
A mnemonic is suggested to help evaluators remember the five guiding principles of evaluation developed by the American Evaluation Association. A character from F. Baum's "Wizard of Oz" is associated with each of these: (1) systematic inquiry; (2) competence; (3) respect for people; (4) responsibility to general and public welfare; and (5)…
Descriptors: Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Memory