Ad Hoc Panel reviews include
a. regular professional review meeting.
b. a group to defend the educational standards for a state or school district.
c. panels that make recommendations on the funding for each research project that
d. all of the above.
Dimensions of participatory approaches included the following:
a. The evaluation process has control over the outcome.
b. There is a selected group of stakeholders who only provides the data
c. There is a depth of participation in the stakeholder selection and involvement
d. The outcomes of the evaluation process are directly related to the goals.
Estimating costs and developing budgets are primary responsibilities of the evaluation
team. Which should be included in this report?
a. Supplies and equipment
b. Volunteers
c. Evaluation staff and salary
d. General public
One needs to understand the roles of stakeholders and audiences in the following ways:
a. Do they make policy or operational decisions?
b. Do they provide input or react to the program?
c. Do they educate others to promote social equity
d. Do they demonstrate interest?
Potential stakeholders and audience should include which of the following groups:
a. Secondary consumers
b. Primary consumers
c. Administrators
d. All of the above
Several undesirable and political issues that are cited for the use of evaluation include:
a. The decision-maker is looking for ways to postpone decision.
b. The grant requirements include monitoring the procedures for the evaluation.
c. The administrator’s motives are for public relations rather than for the seeking the
success of the project.
d. The evaluators seek to incorporate and empower stakeholders into the questioning
and learning about the program.
Building the expertise of the evaluator, one would need to have an understanding of the
following areas:
a. Current research and literature of the program
b. Knowledge and application of the logic models or program theory
c. Working with only a specific segment of the population
d. Policy-scientific methods and strategic assessment approach
Evaluation’s roles in organization are to build evaluation capacity building and
mainstreaming evaluation. How is this accomplished?
a. Use “process use” to show the impact.
b. Use ” individual changes in thinking and behavior” that impacts the organization
change.
c. Use “observation” techniques only to provide the data
d. all of these.
The evaluator and the intended users of the study follows several steps to determine
whether a program is “evaluable.” Which of the following may be included?
a. Facilitate discussion to define the information needs and expectations.
b. Extract the program design from relevant documentation from key stakeholders.
c. Visit program documents on a regular basis and review the implementation model.
d. Postpone the evaluation if there is no consensus among the stakeholders.
Internal evaluation will become more important because of the following:
a. They know the organizational environment.
b. They are objective observers of the process.
c. They will provide ongoing influence on the organization.
d. They will work in tandem with the external evaluators.
Sources and methods for collecting information come from
a. Public data
b. Test scores
c. Minutes from newsletters, manuals of state standards, and lesson plans
d. Scanned text documents from existing qualitative data.
Case studies have the following feature(s):
a. Focus on a selected topic
b. Focus on one side of an issue only
c. Focus on quantitative data
d. All of above.
For each type of data collection, it is necessary to specify who will collect the data as
well as the conditions. Which of the questions would be appropriate to consider?
a. Who would collect the data? The evaluator? Program deliverers?
b. Who will collect the data? Focus groups? Volunteers?
c. Is the setting conducive to the participants providing the desired information?
d. All of the above
Alkin’s model included the following assumptions in evaluation.
a. There is a systems approach to gathering information.
b. Different kinds of decisions require different kinds of evaluation procedures.
c. Evaluation information should be presented to all stakeholders.
d. Data collected will be used to make decisions about alternative courses of action.
Data that is included in the divergent phase collects pertinent information through
a. information needs or questions with stakeholders.
b. the views and knowledge of expert consultants
c. evaluator’s personal experience.
d. theories and findings in research literature.
Assessing knowledge and skill is developed through testing procedures. Which of the
following definitions are accurate?
a. Norm-referenced tests compare students’ performances against other taking the same
tests.
b. Objectives-references tests are useful for formative evaluations, which provide
feedback for teachers.
c. The California Achievement Test is an example of norm-based tests.
d. Criterion-referenced tests measure performance against some absolute criterion.
Which of the following are true statements about accreditation in higher education?
a. U.S. accreditation meets the criteria for an expertise-oriented approach.
b. Higher education in countries (Germany, Netherlands, India, United Kingdom) is
required by law to be accredited.
c. National Association of Secondary Principals Association is an example that used the
accreditation procedures in their organization.
d. Accreditation may follow a “mission-based approach” that focuses on the future of
institutional improvement.
Evaluation expanded its programs in new areas, which included
a. housing.
b. social welfare.
c. recreation.
d. public administration.
The practice of evaluation will become more
a. structured.
b. eclectic.
c. adaptive.
d. rigorous.
Which of the following contributions are represented by Stake’s responsive model?
a. This model has a flexible and adaptive approach to the circumstances.
b. In-depth descriptions were instrumental in illuminating particular issues.
c. Evaluator’s role was to elicit the views of the stakeholders.
d. All of this.
Views of evaluation are based upon
a. worldview of the evaluators
b. philosophical orientation
c. methodological and practical approaches
d. a, b, c
The emphasis on cultural competence has created the new standards for the Joint
Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. Which of these apply to these new
standards?
a. evaluator credibility.
b. explicit values.
c. justified conclusions and decisions
d. formal agreements
In the United States, evaluation will increase because there is a need for
a. accountability.
b. focus in documenting outcomes.
c. highlighting the historical significance with an organization.
d. organizational growth and development.
Participatory approaches are distinguished by the following characteristics:
a. Evaluator is a facilitator or coach in the process.
b. Active participation is planned throughout this approach.
c. Ownership was guaranteed through this direct participation.
d. All of above.
Evaluators should consider
a. his/her choice in approaches for this process.
b. explicit values.
c. only one approach.
d. the approaches that have been used historically.
Identify the groups or individuals who are affected by an evaluation study:
a. evaluators, researchers
b. owners, investors
c. sponsors, audiences
d. clients, stakeholders
Sustainable evaluation practice includes the following characteristics:
a. use of evaluation findings.
b. integrated knowledge management evaluation system
c. emphasis on the history of the practice
d. strategic plan for evaluation
Scriven’s approach for the consumer-oriented evaluation approach
a. determines the value of a product by the evaluator’s expertise in testing and judging
key components of the product.
b. uses Eisner’s approach to notice the ability attained by the connoisseur.
c. requires that one assesses “How good is the product.”
d. measuring the quality of the product as experienced.
School choice incorporates
a. an appropriate method where parents may send their child to any public school in the
state.
b. a wide range of options from vouchers, private, to charter schools.
c. the approach that school administrators can fix the enrollment in schools.
The developmental stages in Provus’s Discrepancy Evaluation Model includes a 5th
optional stage, which is termed
a. definition
b. installation
c. cost benefit
d. process