{"product_id":"standards-based-and-responsive-evaluation-robert-e-stake-9780761926641","title":"Standards-Based and Responsive Evaluation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebegins with the main strategic choices an evaluator needs to make between approaches: quantitatively, by explicating criteria, needs, standards, and performances, or qualitatively, by studying the activity, aspirations, problems, and accomplishments of the participants and critical observers. After reading the text, students will have a better appreciation of evaluation as a process that needs to be custom-fit to the situation. Throughout the book, Stake presents evaluation as a series of choices for the reader: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- To remain independent or to join with program staff or stakeholders\u003cbr\u003e- To value personal experience as evidence or to shun it as biased\u003cbr\u003e- To aid development formatively or to assess the existing program summatively\u003cbr\u003e- To use issues, goals, gains, efficiency, or problem solving as the key conceptual structure\u003cbr\u003e- To invest small or large in trying out and validating data-gathering procedures\u003cbr\u003e- To support the standards and ethical codes of professional associations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Stake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 076192664X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761926641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications, Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.24w x 0.96d","brand":"Robert E. Stake","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120164237567,"sku":"9780761926641","price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_019a0003-639c-4cc7-ae19-fc1d92ec7ba5.jpg?v=1687412881","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/standards-based-and-responsive-evaluation-robert-e-stake-9780761926641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}