Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Anthony J. Shinkfield. -- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2007.

xxxii, 736 p.; 23 cm.

ISBN 978-1-118-06318-7.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Fundamentals of evaluation -- Overview of the evaluation field -- The nature of program evaluation theory -- Standards for program evaluations -- Personnel evaluation: the ghost in program evaluations -- An evaluation of evaluation approaches and models -- Background for assessing evaluation approaches and models -- Pseudoevaluations -- Questions-and-methods-oriented evaluation approaches (Quasi-evaluation studies) -- Improvement-and accountability-oriented -- Social agenda and advocacy approaches -- Eclectic evaluation approaches -- Best approaches for twenty-first-century evaluations -- Explication and application of selected evaluation approaches -- The evaluation case: an evaluation of an innovative housing and community development project -- Experimental design -- Case study evaluations -- Daniel Stufflebeams CIPP Model for evaluation: an improvement/accountability approach -- Michael Scrivens consumer-oriented approach to evaluation -- Robert Stakes responsive/client-centered evaluation approach -- Michael Pattons utilization-focused evaluation -- Evaluation tasks, procedures, and tools and the metaevaluation imperative -- Identifying and assessing evaluation opportunities -- First step in addressing evaluation opportunities -- Designing evaluations -- Budgeting evaluations -- Contracting evaluations -- Collecting evaluative information -- Analyzing and synthesizing information -- Communicating evaluation findings -- Metaevaluation: evaluating evaluations.