Understanding Educational Evaluation Author:Nigel Norris An examination of the history of educational evaluation in both Britain and the US, describing the development of alternative approaches in both countries, and analyzing the underlying attitudinal changes. Chapters are devoted to the emergence of a managerial approach to education and the consequent restrictions on accesss to evaluative informat... more »ion. The book also considers the conflicts arising from these developments and the role of evaluation as currently defined in terms of both education and the wider issues of public policy.« less