Part One

Fundamentals of Evaluation

Part One provides information on the foundations of evaluation. In the following three chapters we give an overview of the evaluation field, analyze the state of theory in the field, and describe the field's guiding principles and standards. These chapters afford an appreciation of the history and status of the evaluation discipline and address some of the key theoretical and professional issues facing its theoreticians and practitioners.

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