| Hawai'i - Pacific Evaluation Association |
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| Where H-PEA members share, learn, and co-create evaluation ʻike together in informal small group settings. Committee members: Yao Hill (Fall 2025), Ann Nyambega, Bocar Wane |
Timing: Quarterly, four times a year on Wednesdays on the fourth week of Jan, April, July, and October
The events are free for members. If you are not a member, it is $30. |
THIRD Event
Title: Book Chapter Discussion: Advocacy in Evaluation by Jennifer C. Greene
In:The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and EvaluationChapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139.n27
Time and Date: July 29, 12:00-1:15
Description:
Advocacy in evaluation involves a set of inherent tensions in the commissioning and practice of policy and program evaluation. The two primary tensions are (1) advocacy for particular social goods, or what are the most legitimate values that can be advanced in evaluation studies and (2) advocacy for particular constituencies, or who comprises the most important audiences for evaluation studies. These tensions arise because evaluation is both a technical and a social practice that typically takes place in politicized contexts and because evaluations of programs, especially public programs, have multiple legitimate interested audiences. This entry concentrates on evaluations of public programs and policies wherein the issues of advocacy are most salient and consequential.
Access to this Chapter for Review, then discussion to identify what advocacy needs and opportunities exist for H-PEA to consider:
- In your context, what are you experiencing or observing that speak to the tensions described by the author?
- How does our Hawaii-Pacific culture and context shape our identification of advocacy needs and opportunities?