{"product_id":"standards-based-and-responsive-evaluation-9780761926641","title":"Standards-Based and Responsive Evaluation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert E. Stake\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebegins with the main strategic choices an evaluator needs to make between approaches: quantitatively, by explicating criteria, needs, standards, and performances, or qualitatively, by studying the activity, aspirations, problems, and accomplishments of the participants and critical observers. After reading the text, students will have a better appreciation of evaluation as a process that needs to be custom-fit to the situation. Throughout the book, Stake presents evaluation as a series of choices for the reader: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- To remain independent or to join with program staff or stakeholders\u003cbr\u003e- To value personal experience as evidence or to shun it as biased\u003cbr\u003e- To aid development formatively or to assess the existing program summatively\u003cbr\u003e- To use issues, goals, gains, efficiency, or problem solving as the key conceptual structure\u003cbr\u003e- To invest small or large in trying out and validating data-gathering procedures\u003cbr\u003e- To support the standards and ethical codes of professional associations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46896949493911,"sku":"9780761926641","price":22459.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780761926641.webp?v=1770360518","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/standards-based-and-responsive-evaluation-9780761926641","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}