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Overview and rationale for the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method
Author(s) -
Leviton Laura C.,
Gutman Marjorie A.
Publication year - 2010
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.318
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , identification (biology) , computer science , management science , evaluation methods , risk analysis (engineering) , stochastic game , systematic review , program evaluation , process management , knowledge management , data science , business , artificial intelligence , engineering , political science , medline , economics , botany , mathematical economics , law , reliability engineering , biology , public administration
This chapter gives the rationale and conceptual defense for the Systematic Screening and Assessment (SSA) Method, a way to identify the most promising innovations in preparation for rigorous evaluation. The SSA Method starts by identifying the innovations that real‐world practitioners have developed and then systematically assesses which innovations will offer the greatest payoff from further evaluation. Through sequential purchase of evaluative information, the SSA Method aims to avoid a variety of problems that evaluators encounter in studying innovations. Besides the identification of promising innovations for evaluation, the benefits include expert technical assistance and feedback to innovators, cross‐site syntheses of trends and common practices, and cost efficiency compared to evaluating innovations that have not been selected or screened for promise. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.