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ERIC Number: EJ166280
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Five Evaluation Frameworks: Implications for Decision Making in Higher Education
Gardner, Don E.
Journal of Higher Education, 48, 5, 571-93, Sep/Oct 77
Five basic definitions of evaluation are identified: (1) evaluation as measurement; (2) evaluation as professional judgment; (3) evaluation as the assessment of congruence between performance and objectives (or standards of performance); (4) decision-oriented evaluation; and (5) goal-free/responsive evaluation. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education, Policy Formation
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