Contents // List of Tables and Figures vii // Foreword ix - Kenneth A. Leithwood // Preface xiii // Part 1 Why Participatory Evaluation? 1 // 1 The Case for Participatory Evaluation: Theory, Research, Practice 3 - J. Bradley Cousins and Lorna M. Earl // Part 2 Participatory Evaluation in Schools and School Systems 19 // 2 District-wide Evaluation of School Improvement: A System Partners Approach 21 - Lorna M. Earl // 3 A Participatory Approach to District-level Program Evaluation: The Dynamics of Internal Evaluation 33 - Clay Lafleur // 4 Assessing Program Needs Using Participatory Evaluation: A Comparison of High and Marginal Success Cases 55 - J. Bradley Cousins // 5 Participation in Evaluation of Funded School Improvement: Effects and Supporting Conditions 72 - Linda E. Lee and J. Bradley Cousins // 6 Involving Practitioners in Evaluation Studies: How Viable is Collaborative Evaluation in Schools? 86 - Jean A. King // 7 The Many Modes of Participatory Evaluation 103 - Michael Huberman // Part 3 Educational Participatory Evaluation: Variations in Form 113 // 8 Inviting Collaboration: Insights into Researcher-School Community Partnerships 115 - Lyn M. Shulha and Robert J. Wilson // 9 Using Participatory Evaluation in an International Context 140 - Donna M. Mertens, Terry R. Berkeley and Susan D. Lopez // Part 4 Themes and Conclusions 157 // 10 Participatory Evaluation in Education: What Do We Know? Where Do We Go? 159 - J. Bradley Cousins and Lorna M. Earl // Exercises 181 // Notes on Contributors 184 // Author Index 187 // Subject Index 190