6500: Assessed Curriculum - Program Evaluation

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The Board of Education shall direct the Superintendent to develop and implement a comprehensive program evaluation system. The goal of program evaluation shall be to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of school programs. In some cases, detailed, process or audit information (description) on programs or curriculum is required and in other instances, critical data on effectiveness (inferences about causal relationships) is needed. Programs shall be defined as either systematic and identifiable delivery systems or new curricula. Program assessment data shall be used to modify, improve or terminate ineffective programs and when making budget and other programmatic decisions.

Date of Adoption
July 26, 1999
Date of Revision
February 18, 2013
Reaffirmed
September 5, 2006
August 19, 2019

6500.1: Assessed Curriculum - Program Evaluation

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The following steps shall be used in creating a program evaluation design:

Step 1—Setting the Parameters of the Evaluation

a. Determine the purpose of the evaluation: whether the information is to be used for descriptive purposes or to draw causal conclusions about effectiveness
b. Compile program background information: economic, contextual, political, social factors

Step 2—Selecting Evaluation Methodology

a. Determine evaluation questions
b. Determine possible uses of study through stakeholder involvement
c. Design a plan for assessing program effectiveness or reviewing program implementation procedures
d. Design a time line for implementing the evaluation

Step 3—Collecting, Analyzing Data and Reporting Results

a. Implement evaluation design
b. Provide interim reports and modify and adjust as necessary
c. Analyze data to address evaluation questions and communicate preliminary findings with stakeholders
d. Revise, conduct additional analyses as needed
e. Finalize and submit report to Superintendent and Board of Education

Date of Adoption
July 26, 1999
Date of Revision
February 18, 2013
Reaffirmed
September 5, 2006
August 19, 2019