Evaluation


 * //By Thursday//**, the Week 5 Facilitator should post the final plan for evaluation to the group wiki. The plan should include a description of the indicators of success, the orientation of the evaluation, and at least one specific example of how the evaluation would be conducted in order to gather the necessary data. Group members should visit the wiki, review the plan, and use the wiki or other communication means to resolve any disagreements. In addition, the Facilitator should post the URL of this wiki content to the Week 5 area of the Group Project discussion board.

=Final Plan=

It is essential that school district administrators and other stakeholders be able to make good decisions about whether this instructional program should be continued, expanded or changed in any way. In order to support this decision making, a summative evaluation process, based on the goals and objectives of the workshops, will be used to judge the success of the program and to determine the impact of the knowledge gained by learners.

In this evaluation process:


 * Results from the final summative assessment of learners will be complied, and this information will be analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders


 * An anonymous survey, focusing on the indicators of success related to attitudes, will be developed and distributed to teachers, students and parents. data collected in this survey will be complied, analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders.


 * Data from standardized test and other fixed indicators will be gathered, analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders.

The evaluation program will be as objective as possible, gathering quantitative data on goal-based indicators of success. The indicators of success will include:


 * Improvement in student self-control, behavior, and achievement.
 * Establishment of increasingly positive relationships with parents and guardians.
 * Development of a stronger sense of community in the classroom.
 * Improvement in the disposition towards learning and scholastic performance of demographically, socioeconomically and linguistically diverse learners.
 * Increase in the use of technology in the classroom to engage learners and focus attention on learning activities.

This program of evaluation will ensure that this instructional program is meeting its goals and making a valued contribution towards the organizational purposes of the school district.


 * //By Monday//**, the Week 5 Facilitator should create a page in the group wiki designated for “Evaluation.”

Welcome to the evaluation page. Here we will create our plan for final evaluation.

Return to your group wiki and review the evaluation plans posted by your group members. How do your ideas compare with those of your colleagues? Do some ideas overlap? Do the ideas of your colleagues cause you to have a different perspective?
 * //By Tuesday//**, post to your group wiki a description of the evaluation plan you would recommend be implemented in conjunction with your curriculum design proposal. Include a description of the indicators of success, the orientation of the evaluation, and how the evaluation would be conducted in order to gather the necessary data.

Please post your description of evaluation plan below.

A summative evaluation could be used to indicate the effectiveness and efficiencey of the instruction. This results would lead to changes that need to be made regarding the instruction. The evaluation would consider the goals and objectives.
 * Julie Gumm**

Success would be evident if teachers experience more success with behavior issues and build relationships with parent/guardians. Teachers would utilize technology techniques.

Survey are a popular form of assessment, but I am not sure that you get reliable data because people often just quickly fill it out so they can be finished, therefore one-on-one interviews would give the instructor a better idea of what the students had learned and their attitudes towards the information presented.


 * Mary Heimann**


 * Matthew Hikory**

Formative evaluation can help us to design better materials, and does have a place in this scenario, certainly. Notwithstanding, it is essential for the superintendent to know if these workshops are meeting their goals so that good decisions about the curriculum's on-going use or implementation in other schools can be made. Therefore, I recommend that a plan for summative evaluation be included in out proposal. I suggest that the summative evaluation have a objectivist approach for two reasons: it is the traditional approach to summative evaluation, so it will likely encounter less resistance to acceptance, and it is easier to address concerns about to possible conflict of interest that we may have as designers. The summative evaluation should be goal-based and seek to collect "quantifiable data to make decisions" (Smith & Ragan, 2005, p. 343).

Looking back at our goals and objectives, I think that summative evaluation should focus on the following indicators of success:


 * 1) Student's self-control, behavior, and achievement have improved.
 * 2) More relationships with parents and guardians have been established, and parent/guardian relationships are increasingly positive.
 * 3) A stronger sense of community in the classroom has developed.
 * 4) The disposition towards learning and scholastic performance of demographically, socioeconomically and linguistically diverse learners has improved.
 * 5) The use of technology in the classroom to engage learners and focus attention on learning activities has increased.

These indicators of success imply certain pay-off outcomes, learning outcomes, and attitude objectives. All of these should be evaluated. Payoff outcomes relate to indications of scholastic performance and achievement. Data regarding fixed indicators of student performance and achievement (e.g. standardized tests) should be monitored after implementing instruction, and changes should be noted. This data will demonstrate the impact that the training workshops has on student performance and achievement. Learning outcomes relate to changes in teacher behavior that support positive indications of success. Data from summative assessment of learners (final tests) can be used to measure the effectiveness of the program in achieving it's learning objectives. The indicators of success imply a number of attitudes in teachers and students, including improved disposition to learning, positive attitudes towards relationships with parents, and sense of community in the classroom. Data regarding these attitudes should be gathered from teachers and students and interpreted with reference to the indicators of success. To sum up, I propose the following:


 * 1) Data from standardized test and other fixed indicators should be gathered, analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders.
 * 2) Results from the final summative assessment of learners should be complied, and this information should be analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders
 * 3) An anonymous survey, focusing on the indicators of success related to attitudes, should be developed and distributed to teachers, students and parents. data collected in this survey should be complied, analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders.


 * MaryAnn Lamond**

A summative evaluation process would be used to judge the success of the teachers workshops and to decide the impact of the knowledge gained by the teachers and students. The results of the evaluation process would be used by school administrators to decide if the program should be continued, expanded or changed in any way.

Indicators of success – A safe comfortable nurturing learning environment which leads to students and families working together for student success.

Orientation of the evaluation- Quantitative data

How the evaluation would be conducted in order to gather the necessary data - Students will be given surveys and interviews to determine their attitudes toward learning in addition to reviewing the students test scores after the workshop techniques were brought into the classroom.

For each workshop, I would use a formative evaluation that combines factors of one-to-one and small-group evaluations. I would create a questionnaire that would include knowledge acquired, disincentives, attitude, and usefulness of mediums. This would allow the collection of data that covers effectiveness, accuracy and use of mediums, along with motivation. The data could be used to correct and/or improve individual workshop goals, objectives, and instructional strategies.
 * Charles McCannon**

I would use an objective approach for a summative evaluation of the overall workshop. All of the individual workshops are goal based and have at least one norm-performance assessments that includes either a project and/or role-playing. An objective evaluation approach would allow for the observation of norm-performance assessments as well the collection of data for instructional methodologies and mediums.

It is the responsibility of the Week 5 Facilitator to review each group member’s suggestion and create a final plan for evaluation that reflects the majority opinion.
 * //By Wednesday//**, each group member should post his or her suggestion for the group’s final plan for evaluation. This suggestion should reflect a combination of what you consider to be the best ideas from all group members.

Please post your suggestions for the final plan below.


 * Julie Gumm**


 * Mary Heimann**


 * Matthew Hikory**

Well, based on everyone's suggestions, I think we should focus on summative assessment. There seems to be general agreement about using an objective approach and collecting quantifiable data. I think the final proposal should include these elements. I think that the instrument and processes that I mention above and Charles re-iterates below are appropriate for this.

Without restating what Matthew and Charles have written, we all choose Summative evaluation, therefore, we have a winner. Charles very nice summary of our comments.
 * MaryAnn Lamond**

This is my input based on the groups comments:
 * Charles McCannon**

A summative evaluation, based on the goals and objective of the individual workshop series, will be used to measure the success of the teacher’s, and to decide the impact of the knowledge gained by both the teachers and students. The results of the evaluation process would be used by school administrators to decide if the program should be continued, expanded, or changed in any way.
 * Data from standardized test and other fixed indicators should be gathered, analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders.
 * Results from the final summative assessment of learners should be complied, and this information should be analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders
 * An anonymous survey, focusing on the indicators of success related to attitudes, should be developed and distributed to teachers, students and parents. Data collected in this survey should be complied, analyzed and presented to the superintendent and other stakeholders.