ResearchPosted on rand.org 2006Published in: Handbook of Evaluation: Program, Policy and Practice / Edited by I. Shaw, Mark J. Greene (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, 2006), Chapter 15, p. 297-314
The purpose of this chapter is to explore answers to questions that are not standard components of evaluation processes and yet are often of concern to evaluation consultants and to stakeholders. The authors present examples from three related approaches to evaluation that endeavor to achieve the goals of program improvement, understanding lived experience, and social justice.
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