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Evaluation Findings in Education and Social Work Textbooks

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  • Laura C. Leviton

    (University of Pittsburgh)

  • Thomas D. Cook

    (Northwestern University)

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Evaluation findings will probably make a long-term contribution to the improvement of social services and programs when they are cited in the textbooks used to train human services professionals. Although there was some variability, evaluations were nonetheless cited with reasonable frequency in a sample of introductory and advanced text books in social work and education. The citations referred to evaluations of national policies, national programs, local projects and project elements, and there were also citations concerning evaluation methods. Both social work and education texts cited findings on programs and project elements the most. Compared to social work texts, education texts cited significantly more program outcome findings; social work texts tended to cite more references dealing with recipient characteristics.

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  • Laura C. Leviton & Thomas D. Cook, 1983. "Evaluation Findings in Education and Social Work Textbooks," Evaluation Review, , vol. 7(4), pages 497-518, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:7:y:1983:i:4:p:497-518
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8300700405
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    1. Thomas D. Cook, "undated". "Considering the Major Arguments Against Random Assignment: An Analysis of the Intellectual Culture Surrounding Evaluation in American Schools of Education," IPR working papers 99-2, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University.

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