| Session Title: Valuing Evaluation’s Values |
| Plenary Session 100 to be held in California C on Wednesday, Nov 2, 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM |
| Sponsored by the Presidential Strand |
| Chair(s): |
| Jennifer C Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, jcgreene@illinois.edu |
| Abstract: Evaluation is a field rich with a plurality of theories and approaches, purposes and audiences, designs and methodologies, uses and consequences, and also values. Values permeate evaluators’ practical decisions about approaches, methods, judgments, and roles – decisions which are also importantly shaped by values present in the evaluation context. This multi-vocal presentation celebrates our abundance of values with voices and perspectives from past, present, and an envisioned future. |