Evaluation in Today’s World. Veronica G. Thomas
It also includes other appendices of resources and tools and tips for integrating cultural competence into evaluation.
The Belmont Report
www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm
Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections, this website provides a link to the full Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research.
“Human Subjects”
www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/human.jsp
This website of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has information concerning the basic principles of protection of human subjects as well as information about institutional review boards.
Protection of Human Subjects in Research
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/humansub.html
This U.S. Department of Education web page includes links to general information concerning human subjects in research and the regulations/legalities surrounding using human subjects in research.
Human Subjects Research (HSR)—CITI Program
https://about.citiprogram.org/en/series/human-subjects-research-hsr/
Human Subjects Research (HSR) basic content is organized into two courses: Biomedical (Biomed) and Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE). They are intended for anyone involved in research studies with human participants, or who have responsibilities for setting policies and procedures with respect to such research, including institutional review boards (IRBs). Additional modules of interest within HSR allow for exploration of several important topics and may be selected to meet organizational needs. HSR includes additional stand-alone courses for institutional/signatory officials, IRB chairs, and public health researchers, as well as a revised Common Rule course that covers the regulatory updates to the Common Rule. These courses were written and peer-reviewed by experts.
Web Links to Ethical Principles and Quality Standards
AEA’s Evaluators’ Ethical Guiding Principles
Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation’s Program Evaluation Standards
Canadian Evaluation Society’s Guidelines for Ethical Conduct
www.evaluationontario.ca/membership/standards-guidelines/
African Evaluation Association’s African Evaluation Guidelines
https://afrea.org/the-african-evaluation-guidelines/
Australasian Evaluation Society’s Code of Ethics
www.aes.asn.au/images/stories/files/membership/AES_Code_of_Ethics_web.pdf
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Chapter 3 Historical Evolution of Program Evaluation Through a Social Justice Lens
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Tracing evaluation’s history must be more inclusive than it has been in the past, uncovering and acknowledging a broad range of events, influential figures, and “multiple truths” that left an indelible footprint on the field, especially aspects that moved us closer toward a more equitable society.
The history of evaluation matters but only when it is an inclusive history of evaluation that is both critical and contextual and not just a celebratory and ceremonial account of ideas, methodological perspectives, and dominant figures of the past. A history of evaluation that matters includes letting readers know that evaluation, in some form, has been around since antiquity; that evaluation in the modern times has been powerfully influenced by the social, economic, political, and racialized climate of the day; and that there are “hidden histories” and prominent evaluators of color who made substantial, but often unrecognized, contributions in the field toward social justice aims as early as the 1940s and 1950s.
After reading this chapter and participating in the activities, readers will be able to meet the following learning objectives:
Describe evaluation activities taking place prior to the 20th century
Connect political, economic, and other societal conditions to the growth, and sometimes decline, of evaluation in the 20th century
Identify “hidden histories,” “hidden figures” of color, and influential women who contributed to evaluation’s theoretical, methodological, and equity agendas
Explain 21st-century trends in the evaluation profession
Introduction
To date, there have only been modest efforts to comprehensively chronicle the historical evolution of evaluation. Historical knowledge of evaluation provides greater clarity on how and why the field has evolved as it has today. Additionally, historical knowledge enables one to discern the conditions, at particular points in time, in which evaluation flourished or stagnated and, ultimately, may stimulate thinking that shapes the progression of theoretical perspectives and practices, especially related toward working more effectively in diverse and vulnerable communities.
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