Evaluation findings will probably make a long-term contribution to the improvement of
social services and programs when they are cited in the textbooks used to train human
services professionals. Although there was some variability, evaluations were nonetheless
cited with reasonable frequency in a sample of introductory and advanced text books in
social work and education. The citations referred to evaluations of national policies,
national programs, local projects and project elements, and there were also citations
concerning evaluation methods. Both social work and education texts cited findings on
programs and project elements the most. Compared to social work texts, education texts
cited significantly more program outcome findings; social work texts tended to cite more
references dealing with recipient characteristics.
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