%0 Journal Article %T The path from summative evaluations within the public sector towards  dialogue-based evaluations in Polish educational institutions %A Nowotniak, Justyna %J Public Management %V 2018 %R 10.4467/20843968ZP.18.004.8233 %N Issue 1 (41) %P 39-57 %K responsive evaluation, evaluation in education, history of evaluation, system of educational evaluation %@ 1896-0200 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-publiczne/article/droga-od-konkluzywnych-ewaluacji-w-sektorze-publicznym-do-dialogicznych-ewaluacji-w-polskich-instytucjach-oswiatowych %X International expansion of the evaluation and globally growing volume of evaluation research projects are both facts nowadays. This paper is meant to analyse trends the responsive evaluation develops in Poland. In more detail, the following were the issues addressed by the author. Firstly, to determine the quiddity of that kind of evaluation and to set the path towards practitioning of responsive evaluation in the realm of Polish society. Secondly, to list down the terms and conditions necessary to meet to successfully exercise responsive evaluation in educational institutions and to propose methodological solutions supporting the implementation of such model of educational evaluation for the entire system of education evaluation.