Quotes About Evaluation

We should beware of the errors of judging eras and places according to the prevailing standards of here and now.

Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve.

And I know, because I've been there, that there is a hellworld where you're always expected to have an opinion about everything all the time: a judgment, a take - a 'view,' in the most ordinary sense of the word.

I honestly believe you can never tell if a relationship is going to last. In my own marriage, which is going on 14 years, I don't think of it as 'I'm going to be with this person forever.' Instead, I think of more like, 'I'll probably be with this person for the next six weeks. Then I'll re-evaluate.'

Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects.

In a probabilistic environment, you are better served by focusing on the process by which you make a decision than on the outcome

However, once you realize the answer to most questions is, "It depends," you are ready to embark on the quest to figure out what it depends on.

The key to statistical prediction is to figure out how much weight you should assign to the base rate and specific case. If the expected accuracy of the prediction is low, you should place most of the weight on the base rate. If the expected accuracy is high, you can rely more on the specific case.

To overcome inertia, Peter Drucker, the legendary consultant, suggested asking the seemingly naïve question, "If we did not do this already, would we, knowing what we now know, go into it?"26

What gets measured, gets managed." If we measure the wrong things, we will not achieve our goals.

the idea that the right way of valuing goods and social practices depends on the purposes and ends those practices serve.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

We judge ourselves by our best acts and most noble intentions, but we will be judged by our last worst act.

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we make the mistake of viewing history through modern eyes. Instead, it must be evaluated with an open mind. We must take into account the fears and superstitions of the times, for they are critical to understanding the people and their motivations.

1 In this book, I evaluate both American and Russian leaders—their ideas, decisions, and behavior—by how well they succeeded in achieving what in my view were desirable and attainable objectives.

smarter, and no taller than

He had considered other wording, including "Snack That," and "Snack This," but adding the word on made it more thought-provoking. "It's language we use in culture for evaluation and reappraisal," he said. Snack on That, as a marketing tool, would "work harder" for them.

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

Developmental evaluation likewise centers on situational sensitivity, responsiveness, and adaptation, and is an approach to evaluation especially appropriate for situations of high uncertainty where what may and does emerge is relatively unpredictable and uncontrollable.

The great unexplored frontier is evaluation under conditions of complexity. Developmental evaluation explores that frontier.

You are the only judge of whether a piece of art is a piece of art! It's the average man who is the judge. It's not the effete academic who will determine whether a piece of art is a piece of art anymore than an academic can tell you whether a baseball player is really a great baseball player. It's the fan in the stadium that will tell you whether he's a great baseball player.

There are some adventures not worth having.