Factor to consider in evaluation reporting include
a. accuracy, balance, fairness
b. audience for the information
c. Institutional Review Boards.
d. policies that restricting reporting results
Evaluations will become an increasingly useful force in our society when
a. there is impact on organizations and programs.
b. there is a change in organizational learning.
c. there is improved ways of thinking regarding delivery programs.
d. all of the above.
Accreditation process requires
a. a site visit by a team who has expertise in governance in other universities.
b. faculty and administration that have worked in governance to evaluate the institution.
c. that the association use standards of the association.
d. that individual disciplines by reviewed for their overall performance.
Recommendations to improve the evaluation and to avoid the clash with political
influence included the following:
a. credibility
b. stakeholder’s input
c. design phase
d. all of these
The eclectic use of evaluation may
a. combine concepts from evaluation to fit a particular situation.
b. choose pieces of various evaluation approaches as they seem appropriate.
c. be have its limitations.
d. all of these
Performance monitoring is concerned with standards, assessment, evaluation and
accountability. Which of the following have had pivotal influence on this development?
a. Total Quality Management
b. Outcomes Measurement System
c. Government Performance Results
d. all of above
Contributions to evaluations have included:
a. linking the program theory and program activities/outcomes.
b. identifying the decisions to learn about the context in which decisions are made.
b. emphasizing the program outcomes not the research.
d. a, b
The program elements establish the “what” of setting boundaries for the evaluation.
Which of the following would apply?
a. Program description.
b. Community expectations
c. Outcomes for community ownership
d. Historical factors
Which of the following are true statements regarding cost studies?
a. Cost studies help determine if the program outcomes are worth the cost.
b. Cost-effectiveness analysis compare programs with different outcomes.
c. Cost-benefit analysis compares the program with the outcomes.
d. All of the above.
The most interactive communication forums may be found in
a. chat rooms
b. videoconferences
c. web conferences
d. all of above
Evaluators need to understand the many forms of bias and the relationship it has in the
organization. He/she should follow these practices:
a. Get to know stakeholders and understand their personal interests.
b. Build a network of funders through strong relationships.
c. Gain cultural and political competency in the evaluation process,
d. Work with leaders who share the same experience and worldview.
Understanding the political context for any evaluation would mean to answer the
following questions. Which ones would apply to this examination?
a. Who would stand to lose from the evaluation?
b. Who would stand to gain from the evaluation?
c. What is the relationship to the constituents?
d. What safeguards are incorporated in the agreement?
Choose the evaluation method you use for the following assessments? Prove an
explanation to support your choice. Your choices would be summative, formative, or
both evaluation methods.
a. Teacher evaluation
b. Needs assessment
c. Training of personnel to use technology integration
d. Assessment of learner outcomes
Researchers examined Postpositivism and discussed the following views. Which view
depicts this approach?
a. Donald Campbell (1984) stated that this approach was widely accepted World War II.
b. Guba and Lincoln (1989) stated that this approach was incompatible with other
approaches to evaluation.
c. Cook and Campbell (1979) stated that values of the researcher did not influence this
approach.
d. House and Howe (1999) stated that facts are distinct from values; this is the basic
research that should be followed by evaluators.
Evaluation accountability is found in the following:
a. Internal metaevaluation is where the evaluators use applicable standards to examine
the evaluation design.
b. External metaevaluation should encourage the sponsors, clients, evaluators, and other
stakeholders to follow the applicable standards established by the Join Committee on
Standards for Educational Evaluation.
c. Mental metaevaluation encourages students or other stakeholders to review the plan
for ‘students in the future.”
d. All of the above.
Evaluator needs to review the collection techniques in terms of
a. technical soundness.
b. comprehensiveness.
c. relevance.
d. utility.
Common characteristics of purposive sampling includes
a. selecting individuals or organizations that can provide the desired information.
b. obtaining a representative sample of the population.
c. selecting people who are “experts” on an issue.
d. obtaining information from a group that has experience ‘success” in a program.
Key terms in evaluation require the program coordinator to understand basic concepts
that go beyond the implicit in its context. Which of the following are true statements?
a. An educator may value a reading curriculum because of the love it instills for
reading.
b. An educator may say that the reading program is ineffective because it doesn”t
provide challenge for the reader.
c. Educators must formulate criteria to judge the effectiveness of a reading program that
instills an appreciation for reading or challenges the reader.
Major contributor to the decision-oriented evaluation was
a. Ralph Tyler.
b. Daniel Stufflebeam.
c. John Patton.
d. All of these
Evaluators take these steps to select a source and method. Which of the following
apply?
a. Identify the concept or construct that must be measured in each evaluation question
specified in the evaluation plan.
b. Ensure that all stakeholders have knowledge of the concept that is being used.
c. Consider how this information may be obtained and identify the means.
d. All of the above
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) provides a method to perform
internal reviews. The following may be provided:
a. Develop measures.
b. Conduct observations.
c. Include a survey with interview information.
d. Review with clients.
Guidelines for interpreting findings include an analysis of the following factors:
a. Was the objective achieved?
b. Were the regulations or ethical principles followed?
c. Were the assessed needs reduced?
d. All of the above.
Proponents of Naturalistic evaluation concentrated on
a. collecting data through interviews, observations and case studies.
b. providing an emphasis on traditional, quantitative methods of observations.
c. developing new criteria, including credibility, transferability, dependability and
conformability
d. a, d.
Expertise-oriented evaluation approaches may be used for
a. published standards.
b. opinions of multiple experts.
c. existed structure
d. all of these.
Four types of stakeholders are defined as
a. funders, policy makers, advisory boards
b. program developers, administrators, and managers
c. beneficiaries, families, and communities
d. people who are damaged or disadvantaged by programs
Robert Stake in his “Countenance of Education Evaluation” focused on this theme:
a. Evaluation provides a full description of the program being evaluated.
b. Evaluation makes a judgment of the worth and merit of the program.
c. Evaluation develops a conceptual framework for thinking.
d. All of these.
Establishing and maintaining good communications include the following:
a. Describe your proposal but do not include the contract details.
b. Prepare stakeholders and invite them to be active participants.
c. Set up ground rules, where criticism is given only in private to the facilitator.
Evaluators emphasize the use of
a. qualitative method.
b. whatever methods are most appropriate quantitative method.
c. mixed methods.
d. quantitative method.
Methodological preferences may include
a. quantitative data.
b. qualitative data.
c. mixed method including quantitative and qualitative data.
d. all of the above.
What are the sections of the comprehensive evaluation report?
a. Appendices
b. Presentation of Evaluation Results
c. Executive Summary
d. Minority report or rejoinders (if any)
In developing a program description, one would read the documents, talk with various
individuals, observe program and identify research. Which of the following information
might be beneficial for this process?
a. Interviews
b. Research on approaches, theories, or previous history
c. Observation
d. All of these
Consumer-oriented evaluation approaches are seen in
a. Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
b. What Works Clearinghouse.
c. Early Childhood Education.
d. All of these.