New Directions for Program Evaluation · 1987 · 101 citations · 8 references
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Abstract Evaluation must take into account both executive and legislative politics and their interactions. This implies an evaluation process that can be represented as a five‐part continuum, and requires numerous departures from past thinking about evaluation. The evaluator must assume a major share of the responsibility for translating policy questions into knowledge that is credible, timely, responsive, and usable.
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Where politics and evaluation research meet
Carol H. Weiss · Evaluation Practice · 1993 · 234 citations