The CIPP Model for Evaluation

Abstract

The CIPP Model is a work in progress. After sketching the models current state, I will describe its origins and development, taking account of key contributing factors. These include developing and directing The Evaluation Center; directing or consulting on a wide range of evaluation projects; leading development of professional standards for program and personnel evaluations; conceptualizing and applying metaevaluation; characterizing, classifying, and assessing evaluation models; collaborating and deliberating with leading evaluation theorists and practitioners and evaluation-oriented administrators; studying and assisting institutionalization of evaluation; conducting research and development on personnel evaluation; 2 developing evaluation checklists; and designing and directing evaluation masters and Ph.D. programs. I will conclude the paper by describing the appended, detailed checklist for use in designing, guiding, and assessing CIPP evaluations.