and Implementation, and Utilization of Evaluation Results. UIE Handbooks and Reference Books 3. Germaa Foundation for International Development

This book presents a comprehensive treatment of the subject of evaluation as applied to literacy programs, covering eva:aation theory, planning, and practice. Part I disculses questions of definition, context, objectives, and functions of evaluation and presents descriptions and analyses of evaluation paradigms and models. In Part II, the interrelated processes of evaluation planning and management are discussed, and evaluation planning and mPliagement approaches are explained and demonstrated. Parts III, IV, and V focus on the three components of the evaluation management approach discussed in Part II: management information systems (MIS), naturalistic evaluation (NE), and rationalistic evaluation (RE). Chapters in these parts cover: (1) theory, questions, and design of an NIS, NE, or RE; (2) writing a proposal for an MIS or for an evaluation study in the naturalistic or rationalistic mode; (3) tools and techniques of the three approaches; and (4) writing periodica