The author of this issue identifies, analyzes and judges twenty-two evaluation approaches thought to cover most program evaluation efforts, providing unique assistance to evaluators faced with choosing an appropriate and valid approach for a particular situation. He describes each approach-its orientation, purpose, typical questions being addressed and methods, and rates them in each of the four areas previously defined by the Joint Committee Program Evaluation Standards: utility, feasibility, propriety and accuracy. Controversially, he concludes that there are only nine methods that merit continued use and development. The standards-based metaevaluation checklist used by the author is included so that readers can judge the validity of his process and conclusions, or use the checklist themselves. This is the 89th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Evaluation.

Author Biography

DANIEL L. STUFFLEBEAM is the McKee Professor of Education and Director of The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University (WMU). He developed the CIPP Evaluation Model and led the development of the original editions of the Joint Committee standards for educational program and personnel evaluations. His publications include 13 books and about 100 journal articles and book chapters. He received the ERS/AEA Paul Lazersfeld prize, the WMU Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award, and the CREATE Jason Milman Award. His latest book, with George Madaus and Thomas Kellaghan, is Evaluation Models (Kluwer, 2000).