Category Archives: Learning from failure

The Friday Funny: Acceptance of evaluative conclusions

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

It was Michael Scriven‘s birthday this week, which is a fine time to introduce our Friday Funny with a short quote from the Evaluation Thesaurus, which lists the following entry. As evaluators, we are all familiar with this phenomenon in … Continue reading →

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Evaluation on autopilot – Environment Protection Agency,Victoria

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

What’s worse than no evaluation? An evaluation that is wrong but you think is right. Organizations that provide authoratitive evaluations have an obligation to meet high standards of accuracy and consistency. It is therefore hard to believe the series of … Continue reading →

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The Friday Funny – which one of these two is the evaluator?

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

As the end of the year rushes up relentlessly, we thought this week we would share a simple story about the gap between words and deeds, and between receiving information and acting on it. The question is “Which one of … Continue reading →

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Sincerity in evaluation – highlights and lowlights

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Patricia Rogers

Principles of Genuine Evaluation When we set out to explore the notion of ‘Genuine Evaluation’, we identified 5 important aspects of it: VALUE-BASED -transparent and defensible values (criteria of merit and worth and standards of performance) EMPIRICAL – credible evidence … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – thoughtful responses to evaluative statements

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

Thanks to www.ajokeaday.com  for their helpful list of responses to evaluative conclusions.  Remember these when you’re having unexpected responses to your evaluation reports: After every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics … Continue reading →

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