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Article: Including parents in evaluation of a child development program: relevance of parental involvement.
- Article from:
- Early Childhood Research & Practice
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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Abstract
Program evaluation practices in early childhood care and education have been underdeveloped compared to the larger field of educational evaluation. The inclination not to include parental views in evaluation is mainly a result of the problem of positive response bias. Researchers who study client satisfaction with educational or child care programs find that parental satisfaction ratings are mostly positive. This study helps address the problem by considering the influence of parental involvement and underscores the importance of considering parental satisfaction ratings in program evaluation. Purposive sampling was used. Parents of children in a child ...
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