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In the 1960s, there was only a paucity of well-trained evaluation specialists with broad training or experience. With the increasing demands for accountability and documentation of the effectiveness of government-financed programs, there was a need for more skilled evaluators to complete this work. By the mid-1970s, evaluation was recognized as a legitimate professional field that possessed its own core of knowledge, specialized concepts, methods of inquiry, and particular strategies that could be taught in graduate-level courses. To address the void in evaluation training, in the 1980s, graduate-level evaluation specializations and/or courses were flourishing and being taught in many university departments such as education, psychology, public policy, sociology, and health administration. In addition to graduate courses in evaluation, there were increased opportunities for professional development to enhance practicing evaluators’ knowledge and skills.