USE OF RESPONSIVE EVALUATION IN STATEWIDE PROGRAM EVALUATION

ABSTRA..CT The objective of this paper is to discuss the utilization of Stake's theory of responsive evaluation by a unit in state government charged with the evaluation of the Illinois Migrant Program. Through interviews with state and local Title I staff, we were able to discover program purposes and concerns and to later conceptualize these concerns into issues and problems. Expanding on Stakess model, our approach includes a larger variety of audiences and the use of information from one project to resolve problems in another. The report is a dissemination vehicle as well as a federally mandated evaluation. (Author