The Art of Educational Evaluation: A Personal View

First published in 1985, The Art of Educational Evaluation traces the evolution of the author’s thinking about both educational evaluation and curriculum from the mid-1960s through the early period of the 1980s. Eisner questions some of the more hallowed assumptions about educational planning and educational evaluation and provides a perspective on both curriculum and evaluation that has been influenced by his work in the fine arts. The book provides a fresh perspective with which to view t...