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Evaluating Programs to Increase Student Achievement
Second Edition
Edited by:
- Martin H. Jason - Roosevelt University, USA
Foreword by Cozette Buckney
Other Titles in:
Curriculum Leadership | Curriculum Strategy Development & Assessment | Standards & Accountability
Curriculum Leadership | Curriculum Strategy Development & Assessment | Standards & Accountability
June 2008 | 208 pages | Corwin
Evaluating Programs to Increase Student Achievement, Second Edition, provides school leaders with practical guidelines and tools to evaluate the effectiveness of school programs. Using reader-friendly terms, the author thoroughly discusses the steps of the evaluation process so that practitioners of all experience levels and backgrounds will gain a solid conceptual foundation, and can plan and carry out program evaluations.
The revised edition includes:
-Additional examples to illustrate the program evaluation process
-An expanded discussion of the principal's role in the project
-A facilitator's guide for team leaders
Foreword by Cozette Buckney
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Perspectives on Program Evaluation
2. How Program Evaluation Contributes to a Learning Organization
3. Using Program Evaluation to Improve the Curriculum — A Developmental Approach
4. An Experimental Approach for Evaluating Programs
5. Program Evaluation Through Collaboration
6. Measuring Program Outcomes
7. The Evaluation Process: Phases 1, 2, and 3
9. Writing the Evaluation Report
10. Assessing the Evaluation Project
11. Revisiting the Principal’s Leadership Role in Program Evaluation
Appendix. A Mini-Guide for the Evaluation Team Leader
References
Index
