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The Role of Experience in Formulating Theories of Evaluation Practice

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Although it is widely believed that evaluation theory is practice-based, it is rare to see any systematic examination of the fit between the two. This address, given at AEA’s most recent meeting in San Diego, uses a data base of about 300 published evaluations to compare some of the lessons learned in recent practice against some of our more hallowed theoretical precepts.

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