| Session Title: New and Emergent Directions in Evaluation Policy and Practice Through the Lens of Utilization-Focused Evaluation |
| Expert Lecture Session 558 to be held in Centennial Section A on Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM |
| Sponsored by the Evaluation Use TIG |
| Chair(s): |
| Michael Quinn Patton, Utilization-Focused Evaluation, mqpatton@prodigy.net |
| Presenter(s): |
| Michael Quinn Patton, Utilization-Focused Evaluation, mqpatton@prodigy.net |
| Abstract: The field of evaluation is dynamic and ever-developing. Given the profession's attention to use from its beginning, new developments in and approaches to evaluation policy and practice can benefit from examination through the lens of use. In the course of writing the 4th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, just published in the summer of 2008, I identified major changes in evaluation policy, theory, methods, and practice over the last decade. (Over one-third of the 4th edition of the book is new and updated material.) This session will present the top ten new directions in evaluation that I identified and addressed during the revision with particular focus on Evaluation Policy and Evaluation Practice, and implications for enhancing evaluation use and influence. |