The Sage International Handbook of

The Handbook of Educational Evaluation brings together the experience of top evaluation leaders around the world to present and discuss the core methods and applications of educational evaluation, particularly as they relate to subsequent policy- and decision-making in all educational contexts. The volume is shaped by core guiding questions that seek to understand issues such as change in educational evaluation, evidence-based research, the relationship between evaluation and audit cultures, stakeholders in educational evaluation, accountability and assessment, and, ultimately, what the obligations and responsibilities of educational evaluators are in any given setting or context. A key theme that runs throughout this comprehensive volume includes how globalization is shaping international policies for educational evaluation, assessment, and testing as well as curriculum and instruction. The volume is invaluable for graduate students, professionals, and researchers in evaluation, particularly educational or policy evaluation.

Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xix
The Educational Evaluation Context	p. 1
Globalization and Policy Research in Education	p. 3
Globalizing Influences on the Western Evaluation Imaginary	p. 19
Fundamental Evaluation Issues in a Global Society	p. 37
The Role of Science in Educational Evaluation	p. 53
Evaluation, Method Choices, and Pathways to Consequences: Trying to Make Sense of How Evaluation Can Contribute to Sensemaking	p. 55
Randomized Experiments and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Educational Research	p. 75
Enhancing Impact Evidence on How Global Education Initiatives Work: Theory, Epistemological Foundations, and Principles for Applying Multiphase, Mixed Method Designs	p. 97
The Evaluation of the Georgia Pre-K Program: An Example of a Scientific Evaluation of an Early Education Program	p. 113
Globalization-Blessing and Bane in Empirical Evaluation: Lessons in Three Acts	p. 131
Science-Based Educational Evaluation and Student Learning in a Global Society: A Critical Appraisal	p. 149
Educational Evaluation, Capacity Building, and Monitoring	p. 169
Evaluation, Accountability, and Performance Measurement in National Education Systems: Trends, Methods, and Issues	p. 171
A Precarious Balance: Educational Evaluation Capacity Building in a Globalized Society	p. 191
International Assessments and Indicators: How Will Assessments and Performance Indicators Improve Educational Policies and Practices in a Globalized Society?	p. 213
Exemplary Case: Implementing Large-Scale Assessment of Education in Mexico	p. 231
Inquiry-Minded District Leaders: Evaluation as Inquiry, Inquiry as Practice	p. 253
Where Global Meets Local: Contexts, Constraints, and Consensus in School Evaluation in Ireland	p. 273
Accountability and Capacity Building: Can They Live Together?	p. 291
Educational Evaluation as Learning and Discovery	p. 305
Learning-Oriented Educational Evaluation in Contemporary Society	p. 307
Meaningfully Engaging With Difference Through Mixed Methods Educational Evaluation	p. 323
Case Study Methods in Educational Evaluation	p. 341
Developing a Community of Practice: Learning and Transformation Through Evaluation	p. 357
Learning-in-(Inter)action: A Dialogical Turn to Evaluation and Learning	p. 375
Educational Evaluation as Mediated Mutual Learning	p. 395
Educational Evaluation in a Political World	p. 411
Own Goals: Democracy, Evaluation, and Rights in Millennium Projects	p. 413
Reclaiming Knowledge at the Margins: Culturally Responsive Evaluation in the Current Evaluation Moment	p. 429
Evaluation for and by Navajos: A Narrative Case of the Irrelevance of Globalization	p. 447
Dialogue, Deliberation, and Democracy in Educational Evaluation: Theoretical Arguments and a Case Narrative	p. 465
Pursuing the Wrong Indicators? The Development and Impact of Test-Based Accountability	p. 483
Educational Evaluation: Opportunities and New Dilemmas	p. 499
Evaluation and Educational Policymaking	p. 501
Technology and Educational Evaluation	p. 511
Serving the Public Interest Through Educational Evaluation: Salvaging Democracy by Rejecting Neoliberalism	p. 525
Dilemmas for Educational Evaluation in a Globalized Society	p. 539
Author Index	p. 555
Subject Index	p. 569
About the Editors	p. 577
About the Contributors	p. 579
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