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 the nature of evaluation and curriculum planning.