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Other titles in the J-B Pe Single Issue (Program) Evaluation series:

  1. New Directions for Evaluation, Responding to Sponsors and Stakeholders in Complex Evaluation Environ
  2. New Directions for Evaluation, Realist Evaluation: An Emerging Theory in Support of Practice, No. 78
  3. New Directions for Evaluation, Evaluating Tax Expenditures: Tools and Techniques for Assessing Outcomes, No. 79
  4. New Directions for Evaluation, Understanding and Practicing Participatory Evaluation, No. 80
  5. New Directions for Evaluation, Progress and Future Directions in Evaluation: Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Methods, No. 76
  6. New Directions for Evaluation, Current and Emerging Ethical Challenges in Evaluation, No. 82
  7. New Directions for Evaluation, Evaluating Health and Human Service Programs in Community Settings, N
  8. New Directions for Evaluation, Information Technologies in Evaluation: Social, Moral, Epistemological, and Practical Implications, No. 84 Winter 1999
  9. New Directions for Evaluation, Evaluation as a Democratic Process: Promoting Inclusion, Dialogue, and Deliberation, No. 85
  10. New Directions for Evaluation, How and Why Language Matters in Evaluation, No. 86
  11. New Directions for Evaluation, Program Theory in Evaluation Challenges and Oppurtunities, No. 87
  12. The Expanding Scope of Evaluation Use: New Directions for Evaluation
  13. New Directions for Evaluation, Creating Effective Graphs: Solutions for a Variety of Evaluation Data, No. 73
  14. Advances in Mixed-method Evaluation
  15. Using Performance Measurement to Improve Public and Nonprofit Programs: New Directions for Evaluation
  16. Scandinavian Perspectives on the Evaluator's Role in Informing Social Policy, No. 77
  17. Evaluation and Auditing: Prospects for Convergence, No. 71
  18. Advances in Survey Research: New Directions for Evaluation
  19. Knowledge Utilization, Diffusion, Implementation, Transfer, and Translation: New Directions for Evaluation, No. 124

New Directions for Evaluation, Legislative Program Evaluation: Utilization-Driven Research for Decision Makers, No. 81

by R. Kirk Jonas

New Directions for Evaluation, Legislative Program Evaluation: Utilization-Driven Research for Decision Makers, No. 81 Cover

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Publisher Comments:

One of the signature steps in the evolution of the modern legislature was the development of program evaluation capabilities. Legislative program evaluation (LPE) allows legislatures to ensure that the programs they establish or fund are operating efficiently, effectively, and economically. Unlike evaluations that have knowledge development as their primary purposes, LPE is utilization-driven because its customer-the legislature-demands useful, timely knowledge "in plain English." LPE's focus on utilization creates some unique conditions, methods, processes, and products that add overall value to the field of program evaluation.

This volume of New Directions for Evaluation gives an overview of the dynamic field of LPE and reveals what evaluators can learn from LPE's innovative work. Chapters explore LPE's creation of databases using new technologies; techniques for communicating evaluation findings to the client; use of convergent methods to strengthen findings in complex study areas; and application of "out-of-the-box" approaches to evaluation, such as systems modeling.

Synopsis:

This is the 81st issue of the quarterly journal "New Directions for Evaluation,"
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About the Author

R. KIRK JONAS is deputy director of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission of the Virginia General Assembly and an adjunct professor in the University of Richmond Department of Political Science.
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Table of Contents

Against the Whim: State Legislatures' Use of Program Evaluation (R. Jonas).

Legislative Utilization of Evaluations (D. Bezruki, et al.).

Lessons Learned from Evaluating the Feasibility of Privatizing Government Services (R. Thomas, et al.).

Access to Information: The Legislative Advantage (R. Jonas).

The Use of Systems Modeling in Legislative Program Evaluation (P. McIntire &A. Glaze).

Convergent Policy Analysis (D. Saunders-Newton, et al.).

How Information Technology Changes Delivery of Evaluation: The Florida Government Accountability Report (G. Wade).

The Nature of Knowledge and Language in the Legislative Arena (N. Zajano &S. Lochtefeld).

The Impact of Term Limits on Legislative Program Evaluation (R. Mohan &M. Stutzman).


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Product Details

ISBN:
9780787949013
Subtitle:
Utilization-Driven Research for Decision Makers: New Directions for Evaluation
Author:
Jonas, R. Kirk
Publisher:
Jossey-Bass
Location:
San Francisco, Calif. :
Subject:
Administrative agencies
Subject:
Legislative oversight.
Subject:
Administrative agencies -- United States -- States -- Evaluation.
Subject:
Legislative oversight -- United States -- States -- Evaluation.
Subject:
Psychotherapy - General
Subject:
Psychotherapy
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
J-B Pe Single Issue (Program) Evaluation
Series Volume:
45
Publication Date:
April 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
113
Dimensions:
9.02x6.10x.31 in. .39 lbs.
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