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Evaluierenevaluiertenevaluiert is a neologism used in evaluation studies to describe a recursive meta-evaluation process in which the act of evaluating itself is subjected to evaluation and re-evaluation, continuing across levels of analysis.
Etymology: the term combines the German verb evaluieren, its past participle evaluiert, and the repeated root
Concept: It denotes a methodological stance where criteria, methods, data quality, and interpretations are continually scrutinized
Process: typical approach includes planning a meta-evaluation plan, pre-registering evaluation questions, applying evaluation methods, critiquing the
Applications: used in education assessment design, public policy evaluation, project management, and quality assurance systems to
Criticism: can become resource-intensive or lead to methodological overkill if not bounded; requires clear stopping rules
See also: meta-evaluation, reflexivity in research, evaluation framework, quality assurance, program evaluation.