Gates-EdVisions Evaluation and Assessment

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Gates-EdVisionsEvaluation and Assessment

• How to ensure a quality program through action
  research

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Assessing Student Learning

• Accountability
• Clients/Parents
• Sponsors
• Community members
• Policy Makers

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Assessing Student Learning

• Program Evaluation
• Appraise school improvements
• Appraise school program
• Appraise personnel

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Assessing Student Learning

• Student/Parent Feedback
• Individual student performance
• As measured against state standards
• As measured against school expectations
• As measured against national peers
• As measured by performance/portfolio

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Assessing Student Learning

• Graduation by competence
• As measured against standards
• As measured by individual skills
• As measured by performance

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Key to Assessment

• Must allow student, parent and advisor to clearly
  see that the student is demonstrating progress
  toward achieving standards.
• State standards
• National peer group standards
• School standards

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How to Have A Good Evaluation Plan

• Have a plan before opening your doors
• Be thinking of collecting data at the very
  beginning
• Explain to the students and parents the need for
  accountability assessment
• Follow through!

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Essential Measures

• Standardized Test Scores
• State basic skills
• Nationally normed tests
• Batteries of use to the clients/mission
• Performance Assessment
• Examples of student project products
• Videos of student presentations
• Student progress on project rubrics
• Student progress on independent learning rubrics

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Essential Measures

• Surveys of attitudes and perceptions
• Student satisfaction surveys
• Parent satisfaction surveys
• Staff satisfaction surveys
• Community satisfaction survey
• Self-efficacy surveys of students

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Components of an Annual Report

• Letter from the Board Chair
• Executive summary
• Mission goal statements
• Description of the school program
• Student demographics
• Student academic performance data
• Fiscal management information

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Components of an Annual Report

• Student achievements
• Rubrics used
• Student/Parent attitude surveys
• Parent involvement data
• Community involvement data
• Student stories/anecdotes