Current Empirical Research on Evaluation Utilization

Cousins, J. Bradley; Leithwood, Kenneth

doi:10.3102/00346543056003331

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“…Among the many concepts of evaluation use, that of Cousins and Leithwood (1986) perfectly fits the purpose of the present study. This concept states that "the mere psychological processing of evaluation results constitutes use, without necessarily informing decisions, dictating actions, or changing thinking" (Cousins & Leithwood, 1986, p. 332).…”

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The Impact of Evaluation Use on Accounting Programs' Performance: An Exploratory Study

Freitas

2016

Rev. adm. contemp.

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The Brazilian program of higher education evaluation, broadly known as the National Exam of Students' Performance (ENADE), represents a governmental effort to gather information on undergraduate educational quality. As a product of that evaluation, reports are made available to each program evaluated. Our present research addresses the impact of ENADE evaluation report utilization on multiple higher education accounting programs' performance in their subsequent evaluation. Based upon theoretical support from literature about evaluation use, a web-based survey was developed and provided across the country to the coordinators of accounting programs. From a response rate of 62% of the study target population and using multiple regressions, we found that there was a positive correlation between usage of the ENADE evaluation report and the performance of undergraduate accounting programs in their subsequent evaluation. Based upon the reviewed literature and, in accordance with these research results, it is possible to infer that the use of evaluation reports derived from the higher education evaluation system promoted by the Brazilian government can influence the decisions of educational institutions and promote improvement.

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confidence: 67%

“…Here, use was defined as the action of simply reading the cited evaluation report. This definition was used in accordance with the concept of use proposed by Cousins and Leithwood (1986). To verify the evidence of use, an objective yes or no question was asked.…”

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The Impact of Evaluation Use on Accounting Programs' Performance: An Exploratory Study

Freitas

2016

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“…Summaries of research on factors associated with evaluation use are provided by Cousins and Leithwood (1986), Shulha and Cousins (1997), and Hofstetter and Alkin (in press). This extensive body of research, however, has focused on the use of evaluation findings and has not, to any great extent, considered the way that the evaluation process is used.…”

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Alkin

Taut

2002

Studies in Educational Evaluation

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“…A participação ativa dos interessados, buscando a pertinência das questões e dos procedimentos metodológicos, mostrou-se favorável à utilidade da avaliação, conforme apontado na literatura 12,13,14,15,16,34,35 .…”

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Usos e influência da avaliação em saúde em dois estudos sobre o Programa Nacional de Controle da Dengue

Figueiró¹,

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IntroduçãoReconhece-se de longa data que uma das razões centrais para condução de avaliações é contribuir para orientar políticas e melhorar o desempenho dos programas 1 . Prover informações aos tomadores de decisão, promover a melhoria dos programas e determinar o mérito e o valor do objeto avaliado são considerados os principais propósitos dos estudos de avaliação para avaliadores profissionais 2 .Interesses, valores e motivações envolvidos nos usos das pesquisas avaliativas nas políticas têm sido intensamente debatidos. A suposição inicial de que evidências científicas conseguidas por meio de pesquisas rigorosamente conduzidas seriam naturalmente utilizadas pelos tomadores de decisão, num modelo linear ligando aquelas à implementação de ações de qualidade, cedeu lugar ao entendimento da complexidade dos aspectos implicados nas decisões políticas, cujos estudos avaliativos correspondem apenas a um dos elementos na tomada de decisões 1,3,4,5 .Os modos como os estudos avaliativos podem ser utilizados e influenciar gestores e demais envolvidos nas intervenções, têm sido descritos por vários autores e podem ser sintetizados quanto: aos usos da avaliação -instrumental (para orientar a política e a prática), conceitual (para gerar novas ideias ou conceitos que sejam úteis para prover de sentido o cenário político), e político (ou simbólico -para justificar preferências ARTIGO ARTICLE

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Current Empirical Research on Evaluation Utilization

Cited by 268 publications

References 42 publications

The Impact of Evaluation Use on Accounting Programs' Performance: An Exploratory Study

The Impact of Evaluation Use on Accounting Programs' Performance: An Exploratory Study

Unbundling evaluation use

Usos e influência da avaliação em saúde em dois estudos sobre o Programa Nacional de Controle da Dengue

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