ERIC Number: EJ741607
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Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 5
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When Is an External Evaluator No Longer External?: Reflections on Some Ethical Issues
Yang, Huilan; Shen, Jianping
American Journal of Evaluation, v27 n3 p378-382 2006
In this article, the authors review the case scenario featured in "When Is an External Evaluator No Longer External?" In the literature, the authors observe that there is no dearth of definitions of internal and external evaluators. For example, Kendall-Tackett defined an external evaluator as "any individual not directly involved in the program under evaluation" and an internal evaluator as "any staff person directly involved in the program under evaluation, or in the agency in which the program is housed." Worthen and Sanders thoroughly examined the advantages and disadvantages of external evaluators and identified an impartial and fresh perspective as the most important benefit of hiring external evaluators. However, as demonstrated in the scenario, distinguishing internal and external evaluation is not so clear cut. In the scenario, the author also questions whether the role of Dr. Porto-Novo, who was involved in evaluating previous of the International Development Agency, was an internal and external evaluator.
Descriptors: Role Conflict, Evaluators, Ethics, Philanthropic Foundations, Conflict of Interest, Evaluation Methods, Self Evaluation (Groups)
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Language: English
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