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What’s new and exciting in evaluation? Looking two seconds ahead
Stuart Henderson recently posed an interesting question on the AEA LinkedIn discussion forum: Having just returned from the AEA meetings and come across the book The Two Second Advantage (Ranadive and Maney), I’m wondering what people think are some exciting … Continue reading
Lifting the quality of evaluation #2: Capable evaluators who know their ‘space’
What key elements are needed to seriously drive up how well evaluation delivers quality and value for money? Yesterday I talked about how evaluation-savvy clients can make or break the value of evaluation. Now for the other side of the … Continue reading
Pushing sand uphill with a pointy stick? ‘No value-free’ in higher ed evaluation
There’s a unique and extremely challenging barrier to singing the ‘no value-free’ parts of the genuine evaluation song in a higher education (a.k.a. tertiary education) setting. And that’s what Michael Scriven calls the value-free doctrine. Last week I delivered the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Values-based
Tagged higher education, self-assessment, value-free, valuephobia, values
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The real values behind ‘value-undiscussable’ evaluation
I posted yesterday about the importance of visible values in evaluation. This means being clear and transparent about the definitions of quality and value used when identifying criteria, evaluating performance against them based on evidence, and weighing up the pros … Continue reading
Posted in Evaluative questions & answers, Values-based
Tagged evaluative reasoning, values
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“No value-free”: The importance of visible values
The “no value-free” line of the Genuine Evaluation song (composed by the incomparable Kataraina Pipi, evaluator and composer/musician, with input from several other genuine evaluators!) was inspired by an earlier post where we defined genuine evaluation and drew some lines … Continue reading
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