Week & Topic

Activity

Reading

Deadlines

Study Q

Jan 26 Eval, WB and other aid programs

Review eval theories;

3:30 Kellogg on aid prog; 5pm Lauglo ph

Jones ch 1,2

Lauglo: Uses of research

 

J 1-2

Feb 2 WB, Agr Devel

Swanson on History of aid programming

Swanson on WB eval of agr programs

Swanson papers

 

 

Feb 9 Developing Nations

4:30 Rupert Evans: voc ed history:

Dove phone

Jones ch 3

Select issue paper topic

J 3

Feb 16 Epistemology

Meeting at IU.

Lockheed and Vespool P'polis & McMahon pprs

 

 

Feb 23

No meeting

Jones ch 4

 

J 4

Mar 2 Evaluation approaches

 

Glewwe papers

Scriven

Stake et al

 

 

Mar 9 Educ development in Mali

Davis: Best and Brightest

Maiga phone

Maiga papers

Select project, design its evaluation

 

Mar 14-20 WB meetings

See other sheet

 

 

 

Mar 23 Analytic v. Interpr

Jim Anderson, Vernon Burton on aid for education in the rural South (US)

Jones ch 5-6

 

J 5,6

Mar 30 Econometrics

McMahon on WB evaluation

Smith 1,2;

Turn in evaluation designs

 

Apr 6 Ethical issues

Indiana visitors, Lauglo here

Mabry

Begin meta-evaluation assignment

 

Apr 13 Student reports

Student reports

Smith 3-4

Hand in issue paper

 

Apr 20

AERA week

Smith 5

 

 

Apr 27 Student reports

Student reports

Smith 6-7

Turn in meta evaluation paper

 

May 4 History of evaluation

Panel: Lizanne, Bob Rich