TY - JOUR
T1 - The current state of evaluator education
T2 - A situation analysis and call to action
AU - Gullickson, Amy M.
AU - King, Jean A.
AU - LaVelle, John M.
AU - Clinton, Janet M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Education is critically important for the maintenance and growth of programme evaluation and its emergence as a profession. This position paper presents evaluator education as an initiative and provides a foundation for its evaluation. In it, the authors use Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) model to frame a review of the literature and practice. We follow this analysis of the current state of evaluator education in formal settings, with discussion of its implications, and directions for future research and action. Our analysis suggests that there is much work to be done to understand the needs for evaluator education, to delineate standards for quality in both education and practice, to identify the inputs and processes most effective for addressing those needs, and to document its ultimate impacts. The paper provides a call to action for improving the quality, consistency, and integrity of this important work.
AB - Education is critically important for the maintenance and growth of programme evaluation and its emergence as a profession. This position paper presents evaluator education as an initiative and provides a foundation for its evaluation. In it, the authors use Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) model to frame a review of the literature and practice. We follow this analysis of the current state of evaluator education in formal settings, with discussion of its implications, and directions for future research and action. Our analysis suggests that there is much work to be done to understand the needs for evaluator education, to delineate standards for quality in both education and practice, to identify the inputs and processes most effective for addressing those needs, and to document its ultimate impacts. The paper provides a call to action for improving the quality, consistency, and integrity of this important work.
KW - Evaluation training
KW - Evaluator competencies
KW - Evaluator education
KW - Professionalisation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.02.012
DO - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.02.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 31015094
AN - SCOPUS:85064461423
SN - 0149-7189
VL - 75
SP - 20
EP - 30
JO - Evaluation and Program Planning
JF - Evaluation and Program Planning
ER -