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Tables of Contents for Tracking Your School's Success
Chapter/Section Title
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Page Count
Acknowledgments
viii
About the Authors
x
Introduction. Evaluation---A Management Tool
1
1
New Demands on the Schools
1
1
Why Evaluate?
2
4
What Is School-Based Evaluation?
6
2
What Are the Pitfalls in Evaluation?
8
2
A Better Approach: School-Based Evaluation
10
2
When to Track Your Progress With Evaluation
12
1
Involve Others and Increase Your Power
12
1
Tracking Your Success in Six Steps
13
1
How to Use This Manual
14
1
References
15
1
Suggested Readings
16
1
Focus the Evaluation
17
16
Focus on Major Program Aspects
18
1
Develop a Comprehensive View of School or Program Quality
18
1
Choose a Wide-Angle or Close-Up Perspective
19
1
Needs Assessment Questions
20
1
Formative Evaluation Questions
21
6
Select and Refine Priority Questions
27
3
References
30
1
Suggested Readings
30
3
Identify Tracking Strategies
33
14
What Evidence Are We Looking For?
33
1
Where and How Are We Going to Find Our Evidence?
34
3
Select Tracking Strategies by Balancing Competing Requirements
37
3
Use Multiple Information Sources to Address Each Question
40
1
What Standards Will We Use?
40
3
Suggested Readings
43
4
Manage Instrument Development and Data Collection
47
18
Consolidate Your Evaluation Interests
48
1
Create a Blueprint for Instrument Development or Instrument Selection
49
1
Create a Consolidated Management Plan
49
8
Avoiding Data Collection Disasters
57
5
Suggested Readings
62
3
Scoring and Summarizing Data
65
14
What You Should Know Before Scoring
65
5
Selecting Scoring Procedures
70
4
Score Summaries and Score Reports
74
1
Suggested Readings
75
4
Analyze Information and Interpret Findings
79
20
Data Interpretation: A Dialogue About Meaning
79
2
Organize Your Data by Question
81
5
Answering Needs Assessment Questions
86
8
Answering Formative Evaluation Questions
94
4
Suggested Readings
98
1
Use Findings and Continue Program Monitoring
99
12
Communicate Findings
99
7
Develop an Action Plan
106
2
Continue Program Monitoring
108
1
Suggested Readings
108
3
Reprise and Revelation
111
12
Evaluation Is Much Faster the Second Time Around
111
3
It's Not Too Late to Automate
114
3
Getting by with a Little Help From Your Friends
117
3
Tracking Your Success: The Road to Success
120
1
Suggested Readings
121
2
Resource A: Sample Parent Survey
123
2
Resource B: Sample Teacher Survey
125
5
Resource C: Sample Student Survey
130
12
Resource D: Worksheets
142
8
Resource E: Sample Report Card
150
5
Index
155