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Building a community of evaluation practice within a multisite program
Author(s) -
Goodyear Leslie K.
Publication year - 2011
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.358
Subject(s) - program evaluation , evaluation methods , resource (disambiguation) , foundation (evidence) , computer science , knowledge management , engineering management , needs assessment , management science , engineering ethics , medical education , process management , sociology , public relations , political science , business , public administration , engineering , medicine , reliability engineering , computer network , social science , law
New and novel uses of evaluation processes and findings are possible when a community of practice develops as evaluation stakeholders participate in multisite evaluations in multiple ways. Developing such communities takes advantage of what makes multisite evaluations special. This chapter uses the example of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers Program's Learning Resource Center, funded by the National Science Foundation, to articulate how the provision of evaluation technical assistance to a large, multisite program and its funded projects can contribute to evaluation use. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.