What Is Evaluation?

Date

Wednesday, March 13
9:30am-11:30am

Presenter(s)

John LaVelle
University of Minnesota

My empirical work has focused on the formal development of the evaluation profession, with a specialization on understanding international job markets and university systems that are set up to meet those needs. I have explored topics such as analyzing the international job market for evaluators, the university systems across the world that prepare evaluators, and methods for reaching out to potential applied researchers and evaluators.

Description

This session is designed to provide an introduction to the field of evaluation and evaluation practice.

Purpose

This workshop is designed to provide an introduction to the field of evaluation and evaluation practice. Participants will learn about the field of evaluation, its systems and practices, and how to make evaluation systematic and common