This book offers school administrators and teachers step-by-step procedures and practical guidance for conducting sensible assessments and evaluations of school programmes, recording and measuring progress and communicating findings.
"An absolute MUST-READ for school leaders who need to generate school improvement immediately! This book will help you make your school's turnaround a success." -Bruce Haddix, Principal Center Grove Elementary School, Greenwood, IN "The authors go to the heart of school improvement by addressing the critical need to elevate learning for all students through the use of formative data and evaluation." -Jim Lentz, Superintendent USD 402 Augusta Public Schools, KS Transform your school with research-based tools! If you want to dramatically improve your school's performance in a short time, this book is for you. Using formative evaluation, The TurnAround ToolKit offers educators a nine-step method based on data-driven continuous improvement processes. Experts and experienced practitioners Lynn Winters and Joan Herman frame these steps within three overarching "turnaround tasks" that begin with realigning systems, progress to integrating data to create the turnaround plan, and, finally, set the stage for ongoing plan revision. Collaboration and rigorous reflection are interwoven through all the steps. The authors clearly explain how to use data to strategically choose, implement, and monitor school interventions. Included are proven methods for: Improving school and student achievement Meeting accountability targets Increasing your school's competitive edge and reputation Building a solid system for ongoing school improvement This comprehensive resource has it all-a clear step-by-step procedure, tools for implementing each step, pocket summaries for each chapter, and leadership guides to walk you through the process.
The Program Evaluation Kit is a practical guide to planning and conducting programme evaluations. Its nine volumes and more than 1,200 pages contain every technique necessary to evaluate any programme. This edition of the Kit is a major revision of the highly successful and influential First Edition, published in 1978. It reflects the substantial changes in the process of evaluating programmes that have taken place in the last decade. It will be invaluable to novice evaluators in a broad range of professions as well as a compact reference for the more experienced evaluator. Examples from education, management, health and social services are presented, making this edition of the Kit indispensable to evaluators in a multitude of settings.
This volume is at the core of the Program Evaluation Kit. It takes a step-by-step approach to evaluation, using non-technical language to explain procedures to novice evaluators. This edition reflects the current emphasis on continuous evaluation throughout the process of programme development. New references and the inclusion of evaluation standards are also a feature. The Evaluator's Handbook is illustrated with examples, suggestions, worksheets and sample forms for the reader's own use. At appropriate points, it refers readers to other volumes in the Kit for further information.
