Journal title RIV Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione
Author/s Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/95
Language Italian Pages 36 P. 12-27 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/Riv2026oa23355
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This article critically examines the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in policy and program evaluation, focusing on the processes through which algorithmic outputs become evaluative evidence. Drawing on a critical narrative review of international literature published between 2016 and 2025, the paper identifies three main ways AI is conceptualized within evaluation: as an extension of analytical capacity, as an interpretive and ethical risk, and as an object of evaluation and governance. The analysis shows that these perspectives often leave implicit the inferential chain linking outputs, interpretation, and evaluative judgment. To address this gap, the article proposes an analytical framework structured around five stages - algorithmic output, technical validation, theory-informed interpretation, triangulation, and evaluative judgment - aimed at making visible potential forms of “epistemic compression” in AI-mediated evaluation processes.
Keywords: artificial Intelligence; evaluative evidence; algorithmic governance; critical narrative review.
Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi, Dall’output algoritmico al giudizio valutativo: governare l’evidenza nell’era dell’Intelligenza Artificiale in "RIV Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione" 95/2026, pp 12-27, DOI: 10.3280/Riv2026oa23355