Collaborative Evaluations: Step-by-Step, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide for evaluators who aim to master collaborative practice. Liliana Rodríguez-Campos and Rigoberto Rincones-Gómez present their Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) with its six major components: identify the situation, clarify the expectations, establish a collective commitment, ensure open communication, encourage effective practices, and follow specific guidelines. Fully updated to reflect the state-of-the-art in the field, each core chapter addresses one component of the model, providing step-by-step guidance, as well as helpful tips for successful application. To further demonstrate the utility of the MCE, this new edition includes recurring vignettes about several evaluators and clients, illustrating frequent questions and specific challenges that arise when evaluators take a collaborative approach. Drawing on a wide range of collaborative evaluations conducted in the business, nonprofit, and education sectors, this precise and easy-to-understand guide is ideal for students and practitioners who want to use its tools immediately.
"A sound and insightful guide to help evaluators systematically navigate the intricacies of conducting collaborative evaluations. The straightforward, pragmatic steps of the Model for Collaborative Evaluations are supported by theoretical underpinnings and lead to a standardized, yet flexible, framework for users to apply to a wide cross section of evaluands."
Southwest Michigan
"This engaging book is a must read for anyone who cares about making the evaluation process more useful and inclusive. The Model for Collaborative Evaluations is a refreshing, new framework from two noted scholars that provides helpful tools to build relationships that strengthen the process and involve stakeholders at every stage."
The Kresge Foundation
"Professional competence in the practice of evaluation now requires a thorough understanding of the most widely used trio of evaluation models-participatory, collaborative, and empowerment evaluation. This means more than-though it must include-their definitions and differences. It means an understanding of the great range of practical details and difficulties that each involve. This book is the b
American Evaluation Association and American Educational Research Association
