NEW
DIRECTIONS FOR EVALUATION:
PROPOSAL FORMAT
Instructions
Please use the following format when submitting a
proposal to New Directions for Evaluation. Address all topics
listed below in your proposal.
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Proposed Title
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Volume Editor(s)
Please list Volume Editors in the order in which you would like
to list their names on the final volume. To assure efficient
communications, we ask that if there are co-editors, one be
designated the primary contact person. Please place an asterisk
(*) next to the name of the editor who will be responsible for
all correspondence. For all Volume Editors, please supply the
following:
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Name (as you would like it to appear)
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Institutional Affiliation
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Complete mailing address
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Telephone number(s)
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Fax number (if available)
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Email address(s)
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Short (one paragraph) “About the Editor”
description including major evaluation publications and
interests.
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Brief Overview
Describe the major focus of the volume in one paragraph. Also,
briefly describe the overall strategy you will use in organizing
the volume (see “Types of Volumes” in the Purpose section).
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Justification
State how this volume will explicitly address each of the
following major criteria for acceptance. This section should be
2 to 3 pages in length.
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Scope. Why is this
issue / topic important? Why do you think it would be of
broad interest to the evaluation community? If this is a
proposal on a substantive topic, such as mental health,
identify the broader issues of interest to the general
evaluation community (e.g., internal versus external
evaluation, problems with monitoring systems, etc.).
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Novelty and Timeliness.
How “new” is the issue/topic you are addressing? Does it
represent an innovation or is it a novel extension of
previous work? Are there any current publications that are
similar to the one you envision? If so, please reference
them explicitly. Have any past NDE issues been published on
topics relating to yours? If so, how will you improve on
them? Is the work in this issue already published elsewhere
or currently under review?
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Quality. Explain
why you believe this issue/topic would represent
state-of-the-art quality work in program evaluation.
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Audience. How do
you intend to assure that the volume addresses a varied
audience of evaluators ranging from theorists to
methodologists to practitioners?
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Level of Presentation.
How do you intend to address any technical material not
generally familiar to the wider evaluation audience?
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Outline of the Volume
Present a brief outline of the proposed table of contents.
Provide the following information about each chapter:
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Title of proposed chapter
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Author(s). Please obtain agreement (Letter
of Agreement) from all authors to contribute the chapter
prior to submitting the proposal. Please inform each potential
contributor that the invitation to participate is contingent on
review and acceptance of the proposal; the review process may
result in requests to drop certain contributions, so each
potential contributor should be aware of that possibility. For
each author, please supply the following:
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Description of chapter and how it relates to the
overall theme of the volume. Make this description as detailed
as possible because reviewers will need enough information to
judge the merits of the proposal. The minimum should be a
1-2 page narrative abstract of each chapter. In unusual
cases a manuscript may already be in process or complete. If
this is the case, the manuscript may augment but is not a
substitute for submitting a proposal suitable for review.
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Other Considerations
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