In their article on evaluation quality assessments, Sandra Ayoo, Meghan Leeming and Stacy R Huff provide important international evidence on the ways that evaluations are assessed based on quality standards..
Their article shows that despite the internal consistency of evaluations, management response, from a social justice perspective, does not always line up with the recommendations provided. They raise important questions about the ability of evaluations to be “truth tellers of the effectiveness of public action”.
Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 24(1), 14-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X231220979
About the Evaluation Journal of Australasia Publication Award
This Award recognises the best article published in the Evaluation Journal of Australasia (EJA) in the last 12 months. The Award is a joint initiative of the EJA editors and the AES Awards and Recognition Working Group. The EJA editors make the selection based on a review of all eligible articles in relation to professionalism, ethical conduct and the quality of the publication.
A quality publication will contain the following attributes:
- sound use of evaluation theory and approaches
- includes a literature review to substantiate the relevance of the evaluative study and context
- contributes significantly to scholarship, research, and/or pedagogy
- demonstrates originality of thought and careful investigation
- is well-written and engaging for its intended audience.