Which of the following guidelines in delivering a negative message were recommended
by Van Mondfrans?
a. State the negative aspects in a positive context in an oral debriefing.
b. Present the negative information in a preliminary written report.
c. Represent accurately and fully the negative information in the final report.
d. All of the above.
The evaluation approaches as heuristics means that the evaluation may include the
following:
a. Social improvement and organization change
b. Team restructuring and professional learning
c. Consumer-oriented and/or objectives-oriented approaches
d. Decision-oriented and/or participant-oriented approaches
How does one determine the appropriate methods or techniques for organizing,
analyzing and interpreting information?
a. Identify the statistical techniques for analysis.
b. Summarize the techniques to be employed for analysis.
c. Designate the means to conduct the analysis.
d. All of the above.
Program theory has been defined by
a. having a sensible model of how a program is to work.
b. using logic in defining the program
c. clarifying the relationship between the problem and the program
d. all of these.
The guiding principles for the American Evaluation Association reflect the following
attributes: Highlight the features:
a. Systematic inquiry
b. Competency
c. Integrity/Honesty
d. Responsibility for Public Welfare
The logic model for change includes the following components:
a. Social improvement
b. Organizational change
c. Team change
d. Individual change
The Joint Commission on Standards for Educational Evaluation developed standards on
the following areas: Highlight these areas:
a. Utility
b. Feasibility
c. Propriety
d. Accuracy
Program evaluation is built on differing conceptions and definitions of evaluation.
Which are considered accurate examples?
a. Evaluation that is ‘synonymous with professional judgment” has more worth if the
experts are from the content area.
b. Evaluation may compare the student performance and objectives to the standards that
are established in standards-based instruments.
c. Evaluation is critical for establishing the causal link between program activities and
outcomes through quantitative data collection.
d. all of these
Examples of interactive reporting may include the use of
a. Short written communications (memos)
b. Flip charts
c. Executive summaries
d. Poetry
Which of the following aspects would be included in the comparative analysis of
alternative evaluation approaches?
a. Proponent
b. Purpose of evaluation
c. Distinguishing characteristics
d. Benefits/Limitations
Which of the following are true statements using mixed methods?
a. Triangulation increases the validity of the measurement of the construct by using
sources from different biases.
b. Complementarity measures different facets of the construct with different measures
or sources.
c. Developmental purposes respond to one measure in the progression of the next
measure.
d. All of the above.
The evaluator should following these guidelines in working with stakeholders:
a. Consider carefully the methods used to tap the expertise of the stakeholders/
b. Use the stakeholders for his/her experience.
c. Ensure that participation is safe, comfortable and equitable.
d. Guarantee that participation is private for the stakeholders.
Central to qualitative data collection is the interview process. Interviews allow
a. for probing to gather a deeper understanding.
b. for greater depth to be taken if the nature of the information is ambiguous.
c. for training of the responder by the evaluator.
d. for the evaluator to consider their role and purpose in the process.
Which of the following professional associations will continue to expand their public
presence of evaluation?
a. Middle School Evaluation Committee
b. Association of Curriculum and Development
c. American Evaluation Association
d. Canadian Evaluation Society.
Which of the following are effective oral evaluation reports?
a. Determine the story you want to tell.
b. Determine the evaluator’s perspective of the results.
c. Select the oral report medium; such as a staged debate.
d. Select the key evaluators to report rather than the stakeholders.
The acronym for CIPP stands for the following:
a. Context, input
b. Process, Product
c. Concept, Invention, Product, Perception
d. A, B
The influences for organizational change has been initiated from people outside
education, and these include the following:
a. public administrators
b. policymakers
c. personnel from management and business.
d. all of these
Graduate programs may need to offer training on
a. specific approaches
b. specific methodologies.
c. in-depth evaluation training
d. in-service education in evaluation.
The identification of the audiences may include:
a. Owners of company
b. Clients
c. Sponsors
d. Community representatives
Predictions regarding the professional expansion of evaluation will
a. continue to spread rapidly around the globe.
b. increase the opportunity for careers in evaluation.
c. demand more specific training of evaluation.
d. all of the above.
Several sources for divergent phase can be acquired through
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?
Program theory may be described as the
a. chain of program activities.
b. dialogue on boundaries among stakeholders.
c. method to implement the changes in an organization.
d. method of operation with supporting reasons.
Evaluation is two fold in guiding government policy and working with stakeholders to
guide policy. Within this context, this would apply to the following arenas:
a. Funding programs
b. Organizations where there are complex relationships among many groups
c. Policy makers
d. Only a and b
Utilization-Focused Evaluation is based on
a. informing the decision-making process.
b. identifying the personal factor, which is one or more stakeholders who will use it.
c. learning the factors; such as methodology, political, or nature of findings.
d. all of these.
Examples of quasi-experimental designs include
a. interrupted time-series
b. comparison group or nonequivalent control group design
c. regression-discontinuity design
d. case studies for causal purposes
Stockdill, Baizerman & Compton promote evaluation capacity building (ECB), which
has the following characteristics:
a. intentional action system of guided processes and practices.
b. traditional, project-based evaluation studies to provide information on program or
policy.
c. one structured process within an organization to sustain change.
d. structured practices within an each site of the organization
Researchers who are considered contributor to the expertise-oriented evaluation include
a. Elliot Eisner
b. William Jefferson Clinton
c. George Washington
d. Franklin Roosevelt
Program evaluation includes the
a. achievement of goals that are set by the teachers
b. assumptions of theorists from the 21st century
c. ongoing, planned intervention that seeks to achieve an outcome.
d. complex array of resources that affect a minority group only.
Cultural competence may be defined as
a. systematic, responsive inquiry.
b. understanding of the cultural context which the evaluation take place.
c. evaluator’s system of using one framework.
d. a, b
Informal evaluation includes judgments that are made everyday are performed by
a. managers who are assessing the developments during store hours.
b. practitioners who observe the teachers working with students
c. policymakers who make judgments about student performance
d. all of above
Evaluation studies have moved from comparatively narrow focus on methodology to
broader considerations, which have included the following areas:
a. Culture and learning
b. Performance evaluation
c. Integrated knowledge-management system
d. all of these
Noninformational use of evaluation includes:
a. determine whether there is sufficient need to initiate the program
b. assist in program planning by identifying potential program models
c. educate others to promote social equity
d. examine whether goals are objectives are achieved at desired levels
Participant-oriented approaches is characterized
a. through the involvement of many stakeholders pursuing social justices.
b. by traditional methods.
c. in comparing the needs of stakeholders to the decisions that are made.
d. all of these.
Goal-Free Evaluation means that
a. goals should not be taken as a given objective for the evaluation.
b. true intent of the goals should be revealed.
c. the evaluator assesses only one discipline.
d. all of the above.