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What Have We Learned about the Politics of Program Evaluation’, Evaluation Practice 8(1 (1986)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Chelimsky, Eleanor |
| Abstract | Good morning, everyone. It's a delight to be here, to see you all flourishing, and to get a sense of this society of evaluators contin-uing to grow in size and in accomplishments despite the inhospitable terrain in govern-ment today. I see us as being a little bit like suburban dandelions: you know... people spend their whole weekend trying to get rid of them but when Monday afternoon rolls around, there they are back again in full and glorious bloom: bright, stronger than ever, and not just unabashed, but thriving. This meeting, I know, marks the point at which, as a society, we've begun to think about our past, about the paths we've trav-elled and our reasons for choosing them, and about the progress we've made, all along the line. I've been asked, in particular, to say what I think we've learned about the politics of evaluation. To do that, as you might well imagine, I went back in time—oh, say 10 years—to remember what we used to say or write about the issue of politics in evaluation and then contrasted that with our approaches today. Here, of course, you should note that I'm speaking from my own personal per-Plenary Address to the American Evaluation Association, October 30, 1986 in Kansas City, MO. The views and opinions expressed by the author are her own and should not be construed to be the policy or position of the General Ac-counting Office. This article previously appeared |
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| Publisher Date | 1986-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
