The term “evaluation framework” and other associated terms are common in the practice and the discipline of program evaluation. These terms correspond to a variety of meanings across contexts and organizations and, thus, tend to lack overall consistency. In response, this article provides a model to analyze frameworks for program evaluation organized around four dimensions. The model states that a framework for evaluation is an intellectual framework made of concepts and/or theories (first dimension: types of ideas) about an object related to evaluation (second dimension: object), where the said concepts and theories can be positive and/or normative (third dimension: analytical perspective). These three dimensions provide the means to describe, explain, or judge an evaluation-related matter. A fourth and optional dimension, the institutional character of a framework, allows an evaluation framework to become a form of regulation for behaviors related to program evaluation (fourth dimension: institutional dimension).

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项目评估框架：对研究、实践和机构的考虑

“评估框架”和其他相关术语在项目评估的实践和学科中很常见。这些术语对应于跨上下文和组织的各种含义，因此往往缺乏整体一致性。作为回应，本文提供了一个模型来分析围绕四个维度组织的项目评估框架。该模型指出，评估框架是由与评估相关的对象（第二维：对象）的概念和/或理论（第一维：想法类型）组成的知识框架，其中所述概念和理论可以是正面的和/或规范（第三维：分析视角）。这三个维度提供了描述、解释或判断评估相关事项的方法。第四个可选维度，