How to be involved in program evaluation : what every administrator needs to know / Keith McNeil, Isadore Newman, Jim Steinhauser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNeil, Keith A.

Contributor:

Newman, Isadore.

Steinhauser, Jim, 1960-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational evaluation.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2005.

Summary:

How to Be Involved in Program Evaluation: What Every Administrator Needs to know aims to improve the direction and utility of the evaluation by the program director and the implementation by the evaluator. These goals can best be met if the program director understand the evaluator's role and vice versa. This book provides: A framework for understanding evaluation and the value of working within an evaluation model, An overview and examples of the general evaluation model, Aspects of evaluation as a profession, including standards developed by professional organizations, desired traits of the evaluator, and advantages and disadvantages of the evaluator coming from outside the organization, Various examples of data collection instruments, along with the advantages and disadvantages.

Contents:

What is evaluation?

Overview of the GEM

Needs assessment

Baseline

Procedures to achieve objectives

Program implementation assessment

Post assessment

Review of GEM from the viewpoint of the evaluator and the program director

Evaluation as a profession

Evaluation instruments

Reporting

Application of the general evaluation model to evaluating schools.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1578862515

OCLC:

57392896