The CIPP Evaluation Model

Daniel L. Stufflebeam, PhD, was Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Western Michigan University (WMU) until his death in 2017. He founded and directed The Evaluation Center at The Ohio State University and moved it to WMU, where he directed it until 2002. He also designed the WMU Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Evaluation. The developer of the CIPP Evaluation Model, Dr. Stufflebeam led development of the General Educational Development Tests (GED) and other standardized tests; founded the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation and was principal author of the Committee’s original standards; and designed and directed the national Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation. He led development of many evaluation systems and lectured, advised, and conducted evaluations in more than 20 countries. The author of 21 books and about 100 journal articles and book chapters (appearing in eight languages), Dr. Stufflebeam received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award from the American Evaluation Association, among numerous other honors.

Guili Zhang, PhD, is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Special Education, Foundations, and Research at East Carolina University and Guest Professor at the Institute of International and Comparative Education at Beijing Normal University in China. Dr. Zhang has presented and published extensively on evaluation. She currently serves as Chair of the Assessment in Higher Education topical interest group and the Quantitative Methods topical interest group of the American Evaluation Association. Internationally, she serves as an expert advisor to China’s Ministry of Education and the Beijing Faculty Development Center for Higher Education. Dr. Zhang is a recipient of awards including the Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award from the Frontiers in Education conference, the Best Paper Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, and the Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teacher Education from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.