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PENNA FIRME, Thereza  y  LETICHEVSKY, Ana Carolina. O desenvolvimento da capacidade de avaliação no Século XXI: enfrentando o desafio através da meta - avaliação. Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. educ. [online]. 2002, vol.10, n.36, pp.289-300. ISSN 0104-4036.

Meta-evaluation is evaluation of an evaluation (Stufflebeam & Shinkfield, 1985). This paper describes the meta-evaluation conducted by the Cesgranrio Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which focused on the self-evaluation conducted by Newton Paiva University Center in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In seeking to assure the integrity of the Newton Paiva University Center evaluation from conception to results, the meta-evaluation verified how far the four Program Evaluation Categories of Standards (Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, 1 994) were met in the Newton Paiva University Center evaluation - utility (serving user needs), feasibility (being realistic, prudent, diplomatic and frugal); propriety (legal and ethical implementation); and accuracy (revealing technically adequate information about how merit and worth judgments were made). The verification was carried out throughout its process (formative metaevaluation) and again at its conclusion (summative metaevaluation). The methodological steps (Stufflebeam, 2000) included: initial interactions with pertinent stakeholders; organizing a qualified meta-evaluation team; formulating meta-evaluative questions; agreeing on standards to judge the Newton Paiva University Center evaluation; framing the meta-evaluation contract; collecting and reviewing available and additional information; applying the standards to analyze and interpret (qualitative and quantitative) information; preparing and submitting reports; and helping the client and other stakeholders to interpret and use results. An outcome just as important as the success of the Newton Paiva University Center evaluation was strengthening the evaluation capacity of its stakeholders - the foremost challenge posed for evaluation in the 21^st Century - by following an empowerment (Fetterman, 2001) approach throughout the process.

Palabras clave : Meta-evaluation; Formative Meta-evaluation; Evaluation; Standars; Institutional Evaluation; Evaluation Capacity; Empowerment; Merit; Worth; Guilding Principles.

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