Educational evaluation: Concepts, practice, and future directions

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 518-529

  Ni, Y J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diversity in evaluation; Evolution of educational evaluation; Functions of educational evaluation; Generalization of evaluation studies; Globalization of educational evaluation; Outcome based accountability; Stakeholder involvement; System analysis approach to educational evaluation; Theory driven evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052379509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01591-8     Document Type: Chapter

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