Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications, 2nd Edition

Chapter 15Robert Stake's Responsive or Stakeholder-Centered Evaluation Approach

Learning Objectives

In this chapter you will learn about the following:

• Key elements of Robert Stake's professional background and influences
• Why Stake became disenchanted with the use of standardized achievement tests for evaluating educational programs
• Why and how he advised evaluators and educators to plan and conduct evaluations that take evaluation's full countenance into account
• Definitions of the countenance evaluation approach's key components
• Details of Stake's reconceptualization and expansion of the countenance evaluation approach into his subsequent approach—referred to here as the responsive or stakeholder-centered evaluation approach
• How Stake ...