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Program Evaluation. August 29, 2013. Essential Questions. What is the connection between formative program evaluation and summative goal evaluation? How often should I use formative assessment? What process should I use for program evaluation?
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Program Evaluation August 29, 2013
Essential Questions What is the connection between formative program evaluation and summative goal evaluation? How often should I use formative assessment? What process should I use for program evaluation? How do I need to modify my ACSIP because of all I have learned?
What is the connection between formative program evaluation and summative goal evaluation?
Let’s go one step farther – let’s create some program evaluations • You each have a handout “2013-2014 Springdale School District Literacy SMART Goal Worksheet” • Your job is to create effective program evaluations for these strategies. • You have 10 minutes.
How often should I use formative assessment?What process should I use for program evaluation? Schmoker in Focus reminds us about the celebrated journey of Stevenson High School. Stevenson focused on implementing a quality, common curriculum for every course and directing the teams to ensure sound, ever-improving instruction and lessons. “To ensure implementation, leaders, including teacher leaders and department heads) met with teams each quarter to discuss progress on common quarterly assessments…”
Why is this work needed? Schmoker in Focus quotes Buckingham in The One Thing You Need to Know that “organizations must carefully determine their highest priorities, their focus – even if it is only ‘one thing.’ Having done so, organizations should then expend enormous amounts of organizational energy clarifying and simplifying those priorities – and resist any pursuit that could detract from them. Schmoker goes on to say, “After analyzing survey data, Buckingham found that employees crave simplicity and clarity; they want to know precisely what they can do to be most effective…”
LEADS • 1D. Promote continuous and sustainable improvement • How can you continue to increase results without knowing which strategies are working and which ones need to be redesigned? • How can you sustain improvement if you don’t get specific with written plans, timelines, evaluations. • 1E. Monitor and evaluate progress and revise plans • How can you monitor, evaluate and revise, if you do not have a working planning document? • How can you monitor, evaluate and revise if you do not have scheduled revision times?
How do I need to modify my ACSIP because of all I have learned? Now it’s your turn to look into your ACSIP (your building SMART Goals) and analyze your strategies, your timelines, and your program evaluations.