Abstract:

In the perspective of inter-subjectivity, edcational evaluation is a ubiquitous value processing, and sense-making as well. There are different combinations between formal and informal education and formal and informal evaluation. The formal evaluation of formal education plays the role of direction to the professional development in educational evaluation. Any educational evaluation is executed in a specific field. Therefore, it is context bounded. Educational evaluation is an instrument of governance, sharing the functions of governance. At the different governance level, from individual to organization, state and the international communities, evaluation has the different contents. Good governance is a kind of evaluation at the state level. It also has the directory value for the educational governance. Evaluation itself is the object of governance, while it has the function of governance. Educational evaluation should stick to the self-reflexive stance, keeping itself under re-evaluation. On the one hand, the meta-evaluation awareness should be raised. On the other hand, it should be on the alert against behaviorism, economism, localism and opportunism in the evaluation exercises.

Key words: evaluation, meta-evaluation, educational evaluation, good governance, educational governance