Relevance of Culture in Evaluation Workshop

拟议的讲习班是2000财政年度EHR/REC作为探索性研究小额赠款资助的一项试点工作的后续活动，该试点工作的重点是评价人的能力建设和文化背景在开展评价方面的重要性。这项建议建立在试点讲习班实施的战略和活动的基础上，并将纳入试点讲习班参与者的经验教训和反馈。这次讲习班的主要目标是向与会者提供：1.介绍方案评估在城市学校环境中的作用和重要性2。定义了教育评估领域的主要评估理论/方法的概述3。仔细观察一些新兴的评估理论/方法，这些理论/方法接受文化背景作为项目评估的一个重要因素。在项目评估的设计和实施中初步考虑文化响应方法。讲习班的录像带和附带光盘将由一家专业媒体公司制作，用于今后的专业发展讲习班和征聘工作。讲习班参与者和评估协调员将收到录像带和光盘的副本。

The proposed workshop is a follow-up activity to a pilot effort funded by the EHR/REC as a Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) in FY 2000 that focused on evaluator capacity building and the importance of cultural context in conducting evaluations. This proposal builds on the strategies and activities implemented in the pilot workshop and will incorporate lessons learned and feedback from the pilot workshop participants.Major objectives for this workshop would be to provide participants with:1. an introduction to the role and importance of program evaluation in urban schoolsettings2. a general overview of major evaluation theories/approaches that have defined the fieldof educational evaluation3. a closer look at a few emerging evaluation theories/approaches that accept culturalcontext as an important factor in program evaluation.4. preliminary considerations of culturally responsive approaches in the design andimplementation of program evaluations.5. A videotape and accompanying CD of the workshop will be developed by a professionalmedia company for use in future professional development workshops and recruitment. Theworkshop participants and evaluation facilitators will receive copies of the videotape andCD.