Showing papers in "American Journal of Evaluation in 1981"
TL;DR: The Joint Committee's Standard A2 puts it succinctly: "The persons conducting the evaluation should be trustworthy and competent to perform the evaluation" as mentioned in this paper, and two common approaches to assuring competence and, by implication, trustworthiness among members of a profession are licensure and accreditation.
Abstract: Program evaluation faces an issue common to all emerging professions: how to assure the quality of its professional activities. The Joint Committee’s Standard A2 puts it succinctly: &dquo;The persons conducting the evaluation should be trustworthy and competent to perform the evaluation.&dquo; Two common approaches to assuring competence and, by implication, trustworthiness among members of a profession are licensure and accreditation. _ ’
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a hybrid situation in which characteristics of both types of protection systems are in evidence, and the former types of programs have often been labeled &dquo;external,&dqo; and the latter have typically received the designation of &dq;internal.
Abstract: state psychiatric hospitals. Some of these programs have been located completely outside the jurisdiction of the mental health bureaucracies, while others have been situated within those organizations. The former types of programs have often been labeled &dquo;external,&dquo; and the latter have typically received the designation of &dquo;internal.&dquo; Some protection systems fit neither description, more accurately reflecting a hybrid situation in which characteristics of both types of systems are in evidence. _
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TL;DR: Cronbach, L. J., Jennings, D. C., Linn, M. C. and Rosenfeld, S. M. as mentioned in this paper proposed exhibit evaluation-informed decision making.
Abstract: Cronbach, L. J. & Asociates. Toward Reform of Program Evalualion. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1981. Kimche, L. Science centers: A potential for learning. Science, 1978, 199 (Jan. 20), 270273. Laetsch, W. M. Conservation and Communication: A Tale of Two Cultures. Southeastern Museums Conference Journal, 1979, 1-8. Laetsch, W. M., Diamond, J., Gottfried, L. L., Rosenfeld, S. Children and Family Groups in Science Centers. Science and Children, March, 1980, pp. 14-17. Linn, M. C. Exhibit Evaluation-Informed Decision Making. Curator, 1976, 19/4,291302. Yalow, E. S., Strossen, R. J., Jennings, D. L., Linn, M. C. Improving museums through evaluation. Curator, in press.