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Educational Policy Analysis and the Politics of Interpretation

The Search for a Well-Defined Problem

Michael Peters

University of Auckland

James Marshall

University of Auckland

The authors in this article report on and develop a methodology for producing a well-defined problem in policy analysis. The methodology, which is christened the "evaluative context, " is defined as an iterative process based on a series of checklist questions. It is given a theoretical background in the literature, and its genesis and development are discussed in connection with a number of practical projects in earlier sections of the article. Finally, the use of the method ology is exhibited in a recent project.

Evaluation Review, Vol. 17, No. 3, 310-330 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9301700304
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