<i>American Journal of Evaluation</i> Section on International Developments in Evaluation: Transforming Evaluation for Times of Global Transformation

Ofir, Zenda; Rugg, Deborah

doi:10.1177/1098214020979070

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“…In the years since these data were collected, the United States, the world, and the field of evaluation have grappled with the ongoing violence of racism and white supremacy (Caldwell & Bledsoe, 2019; Hall, 2018; McBride, Casillas, & LoPiccolo, 2020); the continued rise of the “post-truth” era in which distinctions among evidence, opinion, and lies are blurred (Patton, 2018; Picciotto, 2019; Thomas & Campbell, 2021); and, relatedly, the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (Ofir & Rugg, 2021; Patton, 2021). Follow-up research is needed to understand how evaluators’ values have been shaped by recent national and global events and how evaluators express those values in their work.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators

Teasdale

McNeilly

Garzón

et al. 2023

American Journal of Evaluation

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This study challenges persistent misrepresentations of evaluation as a value-neutral inquiry process by presenting an empirical study that deepens understanding of evaluators’ values and how they “show up” in evaluation practice. Through semistructured interviews and inductive analysis, we examined the values advanced by a sample of eight experienced evaluators. We surfaced and examined 12 values, which we organized into five clusters, that shaped the constitutive elements of the studies these evaluators conducted and guided how the evaluators positioned their work. Our findings provide empirical evidence about the role of values in evaluation practice and can support evaluators in reflecting on their own values and enacting their professional and ethical responsibilities to identify and articulate their values in the context of evaluation practice.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators

Teasdale

McNeilly

Garzón

et al. 2023

American Journal of Evaluation

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“…In this complex and dynamic context, scientist and practitioner communities spanning natural, social, and human sciences need to work together and, with policymakers, need to help inform the development of tractable solutions. Th is includes evaluators, who have skin in the game ( Patton, 2019b ) Th e Prague Declaration on Evaluation for Transformational Change, adopted at the Th ird International Conference of the International Development Evaluation Association, indicates a growing attention to transformation in the evaluation of sustainable development ( Ofi r & Rugg, 2021 ;). Here, developments in data science have the potential to transform evaluation's capacity to examine, guide, and inform complex policy and program interventions addressing complex challenges as embodied in the 2030 Agenda's SDGs (York & Bamberger, 2020).…”

Section: Mots-clés : Intelligence Artifi Cielle Mégadonnées Développement Jumeaux Numériques éValuation Apprentissage Automatiquementioning

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Catching the Wave: Harnessing Data Science to Support Evaluation’s Capacity for Making a Transformational Contribution to Sustainable Development

Hejnowicz

Chaplowe²

2021

Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

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In this paper we set ourselves three challenges, to examine: i) the potential of the data revolution to aid the transformational change required to achieve the sustainable development goals; ii) the ability of evaluation to contribute to (i) through greater engagement with data science technologies; and iii) the capacity of data science to further evaluation as an innovative and progressive field of inquiry. We also discuss the political, economic, cultural, and ethical challenges data science presents to sustainable development and evaluation. We conclude that data science and evaluation can enhance each other to address the key development challenges of our time.

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“…Pathways forward begin with deeply questioning and altering commonplace ways of working (Picciotto, 2020). As Ofir and Rugg (2021) recently argue:Evaluation specialists today carry the responsibility to revisit, redesign, and reconfigure, with a sense of urgency, evaluation theories and practices to be valuable and essential instruments in support of the large-scale, transformative changes our societies and ecosystems need. (48)…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pathways forward begin with deeply questioning and altering commonplace ways of working (Picciotto, 2020). As Ofir and Rugg (2021) recently argue:…”

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Ethics of evaluation for socio-ecological transformation: Case-based critical systems analysis of motivation, power, expertise, and legitimacy

Gates

Page²,

Crespo

et al. 2022

Evaluation

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Evaluation that supports social, ecological, and governance systems change and transformation raises ethical questions about what and whose worldviews do and should ground evaluative processes. This article illustrates one approach to ethical analysis within a case study of the first phase of an initiative to co-create a monitoring, evaluation, and learning system. The case drew on the principles of Blue Marble Evaluation in partnership with local staff and Indigenous leaders of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative. The approach uses critical and relational systems thinking to examine the sources of motivation, power, knowledge, and legitimacy that influence and should influence an evaluation system. Results reframe typical early phase evaluation process work from a contractual agreement to a co-created ethical space that engenders the legitimacy of the evaluation process. Contributions include a conceptual framework and process for ethical analysis that could be adapted by others.

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American Journal of Evaluation Section on International Developments in Evaluation: Transforming Evaluation for Times of Global Transformation

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators

“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators

Catching the Wave: Harnessing Data Science to Support Evaluation’s Capacity for Making a Transformational Contribution to Sustainable Development

Ethics of evaluation for socio-ecological transformation: Case-based critical systems analysis of motivation, power, expertise, and legitimacy

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