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School Evaluation: Motivations and Outcomes
Author(s) -
Hogben Donald
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1975.tb00542.x
Subject(s) - credibility , variety (cybernetics) , project commissioning , curriculum , publishing , public relations , evaluation methods , marketing , economics , sociology , political science , business , economic growth , engineering , computer science , law , artificial intelligence , reliability engineering
The demand for serious evaluation of schools, educational programmes, curricula, and personnel is growing in this country. And, if the American experience is any guide, we can expect the demand for educational evaluation generally to increase in Australia as federal expenditure on education continues. The ultimate worth of any evaluation project depends on a variety of factors, and four basic questions about evaluation are proposed and discussed in some detail. It is suggested that, from the answers given to these questions, the credibility and likely overall worth of any given evaluation can largely be determined.