Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice: Cases and Commentaries

Part 1. Ethics and Evaluation. Part 2. The Entry/Contracting Stage. Scenario 1: The Coordination Project. Kirkhart, Commentary: Consumers, Culture, and Validity. Chavis, Commentary: Whose Evaluation Is It, Anyway? What If...? Final Thoughts: The Coordination Project. Scenario 2: Just Say No? Questions to Consider. Part 3. Designing the Evaluation. Scenario 1: The Damp Parade? Mark, Commentary: Everybody Talks about the Weather... Barrington, Commentary: No Rain Today. What If...? Final Thoughts: The Damp Parade. Scenario 2: What's Under the Rock? Questions to Consider. Part 4. Data Collection. Scenario 1: The Folder. Hendricks, Commentary: Hold 'Em or Fold(er) 'Em?: What's an Evaluator to Do? Davis, Commentary: Centering the Folder. What If...? Final Thoughts: The Folder. Scenario 2: Hideout. Questions to Consider. Part 5. Data Analysis and Interpretation. Scenario 1: Knock, Knock, What's There? Cooksy, Commentary: What's There: Confidence or Competence? Shadish, Commentary: Interpreting Effects. What If...? Final Thoughts: Knock, Knock, What's There? Scenario 2: Things Happen. Questions to Consider. Part 6. Communication of Results. Scenario 1: Mainstream. Scheirer, Commentary: Mainstreaming Process Evaluation: Ethical Issues in Reporting Interim Results. Suarez-Balcazar, Orellana-Damacela, Commentary: Reporting Bad News: Challenges and Opportunities in an Ethical Dilemma. What If...? Final Thoughts: Mainstream. Scenario 2: Whose Voices? Questions to Consider. Part 7. Utilization of Results. Scenario 1: Nightly News. Leviton, Commentary: Fixing the Spin on Evaluation. Rallis, Commentary: From Substance Abuse to Evaluation Misuse: Is There a Way Out? What If...? Final Thoughts: Nightly News. Scenario 2: Is My Job Done Yet? Questions to Consider. Part 8. Lessons Learned. Appendix A. The Guiding Principles for Evaluators. Appendix B. The Program Evaluation Standards, Second Edition.