Evaluation resources

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Evaluation societies

International organization for cooperation in evaluation: http://www.ioce.net/index.shtml
American Evaluation Association: http://www.eval.org/
Canadian Evaluation Society: http://www.evaluationcanada.ca/site.cgi?s=1
Japan Evaluation Society (日本評価学会): http://www.idcj.or.jp/JES/
Australasian Evaluation Society: http://www.aes.asn.au/
International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education: http://www.inqaahe.org/
Asia-Pacific Quality Network: http://www.apqn.org/
Council for Higher Education Association: http://www.chea.org/default.asp
Hawaii-Pacific Evaluation Association: http://h-pea.org/

Regional accreditation bodies for US colleges and universities:
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools: http://www.msche.org/
New England Association of Schools and Colleges: http://www.neasc.org/
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools: http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities: http://www.nwccu.org/
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools: http://www.sacs.org/
Western Association of Schools and Colleges: http://www.wascweb.org/

Accreditation bodies for Japanese universities:
大学基準協会: http://www.juaa.or.jp/accreditation/j_college/handbook.html
大学評価・学位授与機構: http://www.niad.ac.jp/
日本高等教育評価機構: http://www.jihee.or.jp/
短期大学基準協会: http://www.jaca.or.jp/

Policy statements and discussions on US higher education

USDOE, "A national dialogue: The secretary of education's commission on the future of higher education"
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports.html
Nation at Risk: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html
US DOE, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.

Evaluation journals

Evaluation guides

Free resources for evaluation methods and social science methods by Gene Shackman: http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
A beginner guide introduces logic model: http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/BasicguidesHandouts.html
Free management library offers a "Basic guide to program evaluation"
William M.K. Trochim's website on "Introduction to evaluation"
Evaluation videos and tutorials: http://www.mymande.org/?q=content/developing-capacities-country-monitoring-evaluation-system&x=cl

Assessment

Intercultural competence
Fantini, A. E. (2006). Exploring and assessing intercultural competence.
http://www.experiment.org/documents/FinalGSIResearchReport12.06_000.pdf
Oklahoma University Assessment website:
http://uat.okstate.edu/assessment/index.html
Inside Higher Education: Assessment and accountability
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/focus/assessment_and_accountability
Rubric development:
http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/95196-Using-Rubrics-PPT
http://manoa.hawaii.edu/assessment/howto/rubrics.htm
http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/Evaluation/p_4.html
Assessment Self-learning module for college foreign language programs (created by Watanabe, Davis, and Norris, 2012): [Download the materials here.]

Recommended books（推薦図書）

Alderson, J. C., & Beretta, A. (Eds.). (1992). Evaluating second language education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brown, J. D. (1995a). The elements of language curriculum: A systematic approach to program development. Boston, Massachusetts.: Heinle & Heinle.
Johnson, R. K. (Ed.) (1989). The second language curriculum. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kieley, R., & Rea-Dickins, P. (2005). Program evaluation in language education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Long, M. H. (Ed.) (2005b). Second language needs analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lynch, B. K. (1996). Language program evaluation: Theory and practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Patton, M. Q. (2008). Utilization focused evaluation (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Rea-Dickins, P., & Germaine, K. (1992). Evaluation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Weir, C., & Roberts, J. (1994). Evaluation in ELT. Oxford: Blackwell.
安田節之・渡辺直登（2008).「プログラム評価研究の方法」臨床心理学研究法第７巻