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Challenges and opportunities revealed by the impact of No Child Left Behind on evaluation as a discipline
Author(s) -
Eddy Rebecca M.,
Berry Tiffany
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.255
Subject(s) - legislation , evaluation methods , public relations , field (mathematics) , impact evaluation , program evaluation , business , political science , psychology , public administration , medicine , law , engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , reliability engineering , pathology
The field of evaluation faces a number of serious challenges in light of No Child Left Behind legislation, among them feasibility, resources, and blurring lines among research, evaluation, and assessment. At the same time, these challenges open the door for opportunities in evaluation. Now more than ever, the expertise of evaluators is needed and the demand for well‐prepared evaluators has increased. The external demands of this legislation on evaluation practice suggest multiple opportunities for research on evaluation that will extend knowledge within the discipline of evaluation. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc .