THE EDUCATOR ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL EVALUATORS: A TRIBUTE TO ARIEH LEWY

Educators, practitioners, and policy makers have long debated the impact of the results of evaluation studies on educational practice. If evaluation is to influence practice, the communication gap between researchers and decision makers must be reduced or eliminated. In order to close this gap, evaluators must become educators, working with a variety of intended audiences to help them understand the methodology and results of evaluation studies. To do this, a greater understanding of the intended audience(s) is needed. In addition, conceptual frameworks must be developed to facilitate a common or shared understanding of the results of evaluation studies.