Prose and Cons about Goal - Free Evaluation

TRACES are what evaluators left behind—discoveries, records, tracks—which made marks on the profession of program evaluation. Published here are excerpts from our past (e.g., articles, passages from books, speeches) that show where we have been or affected where we are g(r)o(w)ing. Suggestions for inclusion should be sent to the Editor, along with rationale for their import. Photocopies of the original printed versions are preferred with full bibliographic information. Copying rights will be secured by the Editor. Editor's Note: The two articles that follow are very early copies of Michael Scriven's and Robert Stake's writings on goal-free and responsive evaluation, respectively. Many thanks to the UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation for permission to copy Scriven's paper