The Current State of Evaluator Education: A Situation Analysis and Call to Action

Publication date: Available online 29 March 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Amy Gullickson, Jean A. King, John LaVelle, Janet ClintonAbstractEducation is critically important for the maintenance and growth of program evaluation and its emergence as a profession. This position paper presents evaluator education as an initiative and provides a foundation for its evaluation. In it, the authors use Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) model to frame a review of literature and practice. We follow this analysis of the current state of evaluator education in formal settings, with discussion of its implications, and directions for future research and action. Our analysis suggests that there is much work to be done to understand the needs for evaluator education, to delineate standards for quality in both education and practice, to identify the inputs and processes most effective for addressing those needs, and to document its ultimate impacts. The paper provides a call to action for improving the quality, consistency, and integrity of this important work.
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research