Blaine R Worthen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1584074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blaine R Worthen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blaine R |
| FAMILY NAME | Worthen |
| SIGNATURE | WORTHEN B R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Whither evaluation? That all depends
Whither Evaluation? That All Depends
AEA Members’ Opinions Concerning Evaluator Certification
Professional certification is sometimes advocated as a means of assuring consumers that they are getting someone who is skilled and knowledgeable within their trade. Certification is also sometimes viewed as advantageous for enhancing professions’ prestige, promoting professionalism, improving academic programs, and helping to define a profession. Without the acceptance by an organization’s members, however, any efforts to implement a certificati…
Critical challenges confronting certification of evaluators
Critical Challenges Confronting Certification of Evaluators
There are many clear-cut reasons why it would be desirable to have a certification process for evaluators, both to help improve the practice of evaluation and to further the field’s maturation into a full-fledged profession. But there are also many strong arguments against attempting to launch an evaluator certification system, at least at this time. The arguments for and against AEA attempting to set up an evaluator certification system are disc…
Time to change editors
Same Old Same Old? Well, Not Really
Time to Change Editors
Class Level as a Possible Mediator of the Relationship between Grades and Student Ratings of Teaching
Although the research literature investigating the relationship between grade awarded to students and students’ evaluations of teaching performance is voluminous, very few studies have examined the grade‐rating relationship according to level of student. The present study examined correlations between mean instructor rating and mean class grade for all course evaluations (N = 625 classes) at Utah State University during an academic quarter. In lo…
Conceptual Challenges Confronting Cluster Evaluation
In this paper, the authors describe an approach to evaluating large-scale initiatives that span multiple project sites and respond to multiple evaluation needs at the project and program levels. Known as 'cluster evaluation' by those working with and for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, a private philanthropic institution in the US, this approach encounters problems and offers solutions that are similar to other 'devolved' evaluation strategies for …
Do Personalization and Postage Make a Difference on Response Rates to Surveys of Professional Populations
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of two techniques for increasing response rates to mailed questionnaires, namely, type of covering letter salutation (handwritten vs typed) and return postage (metered vs nonmetered). Surveys were sent to 300 randomly selected members of the National Council for Measurement in Education. A 2 × 2 factorial analysis of variance showed typed salutations were more effective than handwritten salu…
The changing face of educational evaluation
In 1965, educational evaluation was often viewed as merely a nuisance imposed on schools receiving federal funds for special projects. During the ensuing quarter century, it has permeated the field of education, becoming an instrument of public policy
Relative Effectiveness of Personalized and Form Covering Letters in Initial and Follow-up Mail Surveys
Nonresponse is a serious threat to validity in mail surveys, prompting the need for research on techniques for increasing response rates. The relative effectiveness of personalized versus form covering letters in obtaining responses in a mail questionnaire survey was investigated for both initial and follow-up mailings. A questionnaire eliciting opinions about content in college courses in measurement was sent to 1000 Utah school teachers, random…
Toward Reform of Program Evaluation: Aims, Methods, and Institutional Arrangements
Competencies for Educational Research and Evaluation
sociation during the past decade. As part of its activity, the Task Force on Research Training carried out a series of three USOE-supported activities to identify specific skills and knowledge desirable for personnel involved in educational research, evaluation, and related activities.2 In the first activity (Worthen & Gagne, 1969), the Task Force drafted lists of skills they thought were necessary in conducting research and evaluation in educati…
A Study of Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching
Title III
The evolution of title III: A study in change
Critical Challenges Confronting Certification of Evaluators
There are many clear-cut reasons why it would be desirable to have a certification process for evaluators, both to help improve the practice of evaluation and to further the field’s maturation into a full-fledged profession. But there are also many strong arguments against attempting to launch an evaluator certification system, at least at this time. The arguments for and against AEA attempting to set up an evaluator certification system are disc…
The changing face of educational evaluation
In 1965, educational evaluation was often viewed as merely a nuisance imposed on schools receiving federal funds for special projects. During the ensuing quarter century, it has permeated the field of education, becoming an instrument of public policy
Critical challenges confronting certification of evaluators
Whither Evaluation? That All Depends
Conceptual Challenges Confronting Cluster Evaluation
In this paper, the authors describe an approach to evaluating large-scale initiatives that span multiple project sites and respond to multiple evaluation needs at the project and program levels. Known as 'cluster evaluation' by those working with and for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, a private philanthropic institution in the US, this approach encounters problems and offers solutions that are similar to other 'devolved' evaluation strategies for …
Whither evaluation? That all depends
AEA Members’ Opinions Concerning Evaluator Certification
Professional certification is sometimes advocated as a means of assuring consumers that they are getting someone who is skilled and knowledgeable within their trade. Certification is also sometimes viewed as advantageous for enhancing professions’ prestige, promoting professionalism, improving academic programs, and helping to define a profession. Without the acceptance by an organization’s members, however, any efforts to implement a certificati…
Same Old Same Old? Well, Not Really
Competencies for Educational Research and Evaluation
sociation during the past decade. As part of its activity, the Task Force on Research Training carried out a series of three USOE-supported activities to identify specific skills and knowledge desirable for personnel involved in educational research, evaluation, and related activities.2 In the first activity (Worthen & Gagne, 1969), the Task Force drafted lists of skills they thought were necessary in conducting research and evaluation in educati…
A Study of Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching
The evolution of title III: A study in change
Title III
The evolution of title III: A study in change
A Study of Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching
Competencies for Educational Research and Evaluation
sociation during the past decade. As part of its activity, the Task Force on Research Training carried out a series of three USOE-supported activities to identify specific skills and knowledge desirable for personnel involved in educational research, evaluation, and related activities.2 In the first activity (Worthen & Gagne, 1969), the Task Force drafted lists of skills they thought were necessary in conducting research and evaluation in educati…
Toward Reform of Program Evaluation: Aims, Methods, and Institutional Arrangements
Relative Effectiveness of Personalized and Form Covering Letters in Initial and Follow-up Mail Surveys
Nonresponse is a serious threat to validity in mail surveys, prompting the need for research on techniques for increasing response rates. The relative effectiveness of personalized versus form covering letters in obtaining responses in a mail questionnaire survey was investigated for both initial and follow-up mailings. A questionnaire eliciting opinions about content in college courses in measurement was sent to 1000 Utah school teachers, random…
Do Personalization and Postage Make a Difference on Response Rates to Surveys of Professional Populations
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of two techniques for increasing response rates to mailed questionnaires, namely, type of covering letter salutation (handwritten vs typed) and return postage (metered vs nonmetered). Surveys were sent to 300 randomly selected members of the National Council for Measurement in Education. A 2 × 2 factorial analysis of variance showed typed salutations were more effective than handwritten salu…
The changing face of educational evaluation
In 1965, educational evaluation was often viewed as merely a nuisance imposed on schools receiving federal funds for special projects. During the ensuing quarter century, it has permeated the field of education, becoming an instrument of public policy
Class Level as a Possible Mediator of the Relationship between Grades and Student Ratings of Teaching
Although the research literature investigating the relationship between grade awarded to students and students’ evaluations of teaching performance is voluminous, very few studies have examined the grade‐rating relationship according to level of student. The present study examined correlations between mean instructor rating and mean class grade for all course evaluations (N = 625 classes) at Utah State University during an academic quarter. In lo…
Conceptual Challenges Confronting Cluster Evaluation
In this paper, the authors describe an approach to evaluating large-scale initiatives that span multiple project sites and respond to multiple evaluation needs at the project and program levels. Known as 'cluster evaluation' by those working with and for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, a private philanthropic institution in the US, this approach encounters problems and offers solutions that are similar to other 'devolved' evaluation strategies for …
Time to change editors
Same Old Same Old? Well, Not Really
Time to Change Editors
AEA Members’ Opinions Concerning Evaluator Certification
Professional certification is sometimes advocated as a means of assuring consumers that they are getting someone who is skilled and knowledgeable within their trade. Certification is also sometimes viewed as advantageous for enhancing professions’ prestige, promoting professionalism, improving academic programs, and helping to define a profession. Without the acceptance by an organization’s members, however, any efforts to implement a certificati…
Critical challenges confronting certification of evaluators
Critical Challenges Confronting Certification of Evaluators
There are many clear-cut reasons why it would be desirable to have a certification process for evaluators, both to help improve the practice of evaluation and to further the field’s maturation into a full-fledged profession. But there are also many strong arguments against attempting to launch an evaluator certification system, at least at this time. The arguments for and against AEA attempting to set up an evaluator certification system are disc…
Whither evaluation? That all depends
Whither Evaluation? That All Depends
Psychology (14 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (8 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Management science (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (5 works)