Reflection on: “Evaluation, Framing and Power”

Abstract

I have been working in evaluation throughout my entire professional life, both theoretically and in practice. My PhD in Political Science had a specific focus on evaluation. I have worked in a range of evaluation roles including project manager, assessor and head of evaluation departments at authorities such as the Swedish National Agency for Education, the Swedish Higher Education Authority, the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Agency for Development Evaluation. I have also been part of the European Commission's working groups for planning evaluations and been president and board member of the Swedish Evaluation Society. In this reflection, I mainly focus on the case of PISA, but I also provide an example from the area of higher education.