Evaluating School Programs: An Educators Guide (Essential Tools for Educators series)

By James R. Sanders

Book Overview

No matter how laudable your school programs are, if you don′t know how to evaluate them, you can′t prove how good your efforts are. Today, administrators and teachers alike must know how to evaluate school programs. Common sense suggests it, the public demands it, and politicians are legislating it. Here is a general guide that will help you plan and conduct evaluations of any school program. This book provides concise, yet comprehensive coverage of a complex topic in a highly usable format. James Sanders takes you from the where-do-I-start point and guides you through the evaluation process from beginning to end. Basic principles of program evaluation are outlined, followed by step-by-step guidance: how to focus the evaluation, and how to collect, organize, analyze, report, and use the information obtained. Examples are provided throughout to help you develop competence and confidence in program evaluation. Sanders also shows how to successfully manage the many logistical, budgetary, and scheduling problems encountered. Tips on how to deal with school politics, ethical considerations, and interpersonal relations are also included. This general guide for evaluating any school program is the first of six guidebooks in the series. It is the "master plan" to be used with each of five companion guides. Together they help educators evaluate specific subjects and school service programs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803960336
• ISBN13: 9780803960336
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Corwin Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 8.8" x 0.3"

Customer Reviews

Straightforward

I've been looking for something that would cover the program evaluation process and this book does it in a straightforward way. There is a case study used as an example to walk you through the process as well as a worksheet to use for evaluation criteria and milestones. Major assessment concepts are also covered. It appears to be geared toward teachers who need to evaluate their schools' programs (e.g. NCLB) but anyone can use it as a guide.