Evaluation Models is an up-to-date revision of the classic text first published in 1983. Organized in three sections, the first includes a historical perspective on the growth of evaluation theory and practice and two comparative analyses of the various alternative perspectives on evaluation. The second section includes articles representing the major schools of thought about evaluation written by the leaders who have developed these schools and models. The final section describes and discusses the Standards for Program Evaluation and the reformation of program evaluation.

Program Evaluation: An Introduction.- Program Evaluation: A Historical Overview.- Models, Metaphors, and Definitions in Evaluation.- Foundational Models for 21st Century Program Evaluation.- Questions/Methods-Oriented Evaluation Models.- A Rationale for Program Evaluation.- Outcome Evaluation.- The Role of Testing in Evaluations.- The Discrepancy Evaluation Model.- The Role of Field Trials in Evaluating School Practices: A Rare Design.- Cost Analysis for Improved Educational Policymaking and Evaluation.- The Clarification Hearing: A Personal View of the Process.- Case Study Evaluations: A Decade of Progress?.- Educational Criticism as a form of Qualitative Inquiry.- Program Theory: Not Whether Programs Work but How They Work.- Improvement/Accountability-Oriented Evaluation Models.- Course Improvement through Evaluation.- Evaluation Ideologies.- The CIPP Model for Evaluation.- Accountability: Implications for State and Local Policymakers.- Social Agenda-Directed (Advocacy) Models.- Program Evaluation, Particularly Responsive Evaluation.- Epistemological and Methodological Bases of Naturalistic Inquiry.- Developing Discourses on Evaluation.- Steps of Empowerment Evaluation: From California to Cape Town.- Deliberative Democratic Evaluation in Practice.- Overarching Matters.- Utilization-focused Evaluation.- Professional Standards and Principles for Evaluations.- The Methodology of Metaevaluation.