Discussion:

 (2) of the prompts below. 

• Why      are politics so important when planning to conduct an evaluation? Give      examples that highlight the politics of special education in K-12 schools.
• Why is      program evaluation a situational process? Discuss why a situational      process makes program evaluation so challenging, particularly in special      education-related contexts.
• Describe      the model and quality feature(s) you are choosing to evaluate for your      Program Evaluation and Planning Proposal (PEPP) Project.
• In      Chapter 1, we learned about a systems view of a program (Figure 1.1). What      are your target program's: a) inputs, b) transformation, c) outputs, and      d) environment?