"James Altschuld, David Kumar, and their chapter authors have produced an upbeat, provocative, visionary, and useful volume on educational evaluation. Of special utility is its grounding in issues and practices relating to evaluations of science and technology education. The book should appeal and be useful to a wide range of persons involved in evaluations of educational policy, programs, and (less so) science teachers. These persons include science and technology education experts, educational policymakers, officials of the National Science Foundation, school administrators, classroom teachers, evaluation instructors, evaluation methodologists, practicing evaluators, and test developers, among others. Contents reflecting international studies of curriculum, evaluation of distance education, and evaluation of technology utilization in Australian schools, as well as evaluations in America should make the book appealing to an international audience. Moreover, it provides a global perspective for assessing and strengthening educational evaluation in the US."
Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Professor of Education and Director of the Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University
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Provides a global perspective for assessing and strengthening educational evaluation in the US Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
What Does the Future Have in Store for the Evaluation of Science and Technology Education?.- What Role Should TIMSS Play in the Evaluation of U.S. Science Education?.- Evaluating Systemic Reform.- Musings on Science Program Evaluation in an Era of Educational Accountability.- Assessment Reform.- Evaluation of Information Technology.- Complementary Approaches to Evaluating Technology in Science Teacher Education.- Evaluation of Science Teaching Performance through Coteaching and Cogenerative Dialoguing.- Evaluating Science Inquiry.- Distance Learning in Science Education.