出版社：The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University
摘要：This paper presents a retrospective explanation as to how evaluation culture has been
slowly incorporated into politics and public institutions in Spain during the last three decades.
Evaluation, quality, and excellence are relevant concepts embedded in the design of current political
programs. At this moment in history, it is important to ask, what has been the evaluation history in
Spain? Where do influences on research designs come from? I address these questions in order to
describe the evaluation process in the public sphere based on the biographical method, specifically on
the testimony of five Spanish evaluators with recognized experience in this field. The aim is to set up
a historical vision that represents the evolution of evaluation culture in Spain, analyzing and linking
the individual perceptions of evaluators with the specific characteristics of a particular social context.
关键词：evaluation culture in Spain; history of evaluation; political accountability; biographical method
