Marvin Alkin and Jean King published three AJE articles on evaluation use over four years, a coherent and comprehensive series covering the historical development of evaluation use, definitions and factors associated with use and misuse, and theories of evaluation use and influence, concluding with assessment of the first 50 years of use research. They conclude with recommendations for future theory development and research on evaluation. I draw a different set of conclusions and pathway forward. Where they seek a common universal operational definition of evaluation use, I propose treating use as a thick sensitizing concept that invites diversity of context-specific meanings. Where they find evaluation use theory inadequate, I argue that it is sufficient for its purpose. Where they seek more development of evaluation-specific utilization theory, I propose drawing on more established and validated theories from social sciences to explain and illuminate evaluation use as occurring in complex dynamic systems.

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评估使用理论、实践和未来研究：对 Alkin 和 King AJE 系列的反思

Marvin Alkin 和 Jean King 在四年多的时间里发表了三篇关于评估使用的 AJE 文章，这是一个连贯而全面的系列文章，涵盖评估使用的历史发展、与使用和误用相关的定义和因素，以及评估使用和影响的理论，最后是评估前 50 年的使用研究。他们最后提出了对未来理论发展和评估研究的建议。我得出了一组不同的结论和前进的道路。在他们寻求评估使用的通用通用操作定义的地方，我建议将使用视为一个厚重的敏感概念，它邀请了特定于上下文的含义的多样性。在他们发现评估使用理论不足的地方，我认为它足以达到其目的。他们寻求更多发展特定评价的利用理论，