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Ritz, Catherine; Sherf, Nicole – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This large-scale study used a survey to collect data on K-12 world language program leadership and instructional practices in Massachusetts public schools, investigating associations between the presence of a program leader or primary evaluator who is a world language specialist and instructional practices, curriculum, and assessment. The study…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Kindergarten
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Murchison, Lizzie; Brohawn, Katie; Fanscali, Cheri; Beesley, Andrea D.; Stafford, Erin – Afterschool Matters, 2019
Funders and policymakers are increasingly recognizing the afterschool field for its vital role in supporting the social and emotional growth and academic achievement of school-age youth. Although this recognition is welcome, it often comes with increased expectations for high-quality research demonstrating the value of programming. To satisfy…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Research, Barriers, Program Evaluation
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McAlindon, Kathryn; Neal, Jennifer Watling; Neal, Zachary P.; Mills, Kristen J.; Lawlor, Jennifer – American Journal of Evaluation, 2019
Despite growing interest in data visualization and graphically aided reporting, the evaluation literature could benefit from additional guidance on systematically integrating visual communication design and marketing into comprehensive communication strategies to improve data dissemination. This article describes the role of targeted communication…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Marketing, Graphic Arts, Technical Writing
Cook, Jeannette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The applied dissertation project focused on the development of a comprehensive onboarding program and Trainer's Guide specifically developed for charter school management employees. Charter school education has grown significantly in the last several decades with over 6,100 charter schools that are currently serving students nationwide. Formal or…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Human Resources, Trainers, Teaching Guides
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Alkin, Marvin C.; Vo, Anne T.; Christie, Christina A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2012
The act of valuing in an evaluation may be perceived in different ways. We consider the multiple theoretic perspectives that govern an evaluator's behavior and present a typology of evaluator valuing roles. Within this typology we describe three ways in which value judgments are typically reached--by stakeholders alone, stakeholders and evaluators…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Classification, Value Judgment, Role
Weinstock, Phyllis; Tseng, Fannie; Humphrey, Daniel; Gillespie, Marilyn; Yee, Kaily – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2011
In 2001, Congress established the Teaching American History (TAH) program, which seeks to improve student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history as a separate subject within the core curriculum. Under this program, grants are awarded to local education agencies (LEAs), which…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
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Christie, Christina A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2008
This article presents an interview with Eric Barela, a K-12 school district internal evaluator who conducted the Title I Best Practices study for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Research and Planning Division (formerly known as the Program Evaluation and Research Branch). In this interview, the author focuses not only on the…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
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Higa, Terry Ann F.; Brandon, Paul R. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2008
In participatory evaluations of K-12 programs, evaluators develop school faculty's and administrators' evaluation capacity by training them to conduct evaluation tasks and providing consultation while the tasks are conducted. A strong case can be made that the capacity building in these evaluations can be examined using a Vygotskian approach. We…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Quellmalz, Edys; Snidman, Nancy – 1982
The direction of this workshop is toward two major goals: (1) participant understanding of the kinds of information an evaluation can provide for educational decision making; and (2) participant understanding of the general procedures and problems involved in selecting, collecting, analyzing, and reporting that information. It is the intent of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, Evaluators, Program Evaluation
Thompson, Bruce; And Others – 1982
The views of local education agency (LEA) evaluators tend to be underrepresented in the evaluation literature. This symposium was organized to fill this gap. The non-LEA symposium participants (Carol H. Weiss and Bruce Thompson) were asked to pose questions to the LEA participants (Steven Frankel, Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools; Freda…
Descriptors: Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, Program Evaluation
Landon, Glenda L.; Shirer, William – 1981
This manual was written to help program self-study committees finish their job of evaluation. There is one fact which describes how the manual is to be used, which is that committee members will make judgments about how well the program works; those judgments will be based upon the evidence collected during the earlier phases of the project. A key…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Program Evaluation
Hansen, Joe B. – 1998
The question of who evaluates the evaluators is explored through the experiences of an external evaluation team. Some have called evaluating evaluators and their work evaluation auditing, but it could also be viewed as a form of meta-evaluation. At the request of the Director of Research and Evaluation for the "ESU 18" (named for a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, Meta Evaluation
Hoffman, Lee McGraw – 1982
In 1981 the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education established regulations of quality assurance for educational program evaluations conducted in the state through two major areas: the certification of educational program evaluators and the use of the Joint Committee's Standards for Evaluation, Projects and Materials in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Campbell, Patricia B. – Equity and Choice, 1985
Discusses the importance of program evaluation, detailing the first step, selecting and working with an evaluator, and the terminology and uses of evaluation. Argues that evaluations should be cooperative ventures between evaluators and those evaluated, and should be part of a program from its inception; and that evaluators have both rights and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, Program Effectiveness
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Alkin, Marvin; Law, Alex – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
In addition to training and knowledge of particular programs and legal requirements evaluators need interpersonal skills. Sensitivity to and rapport with staff and community as well as respect and commitment of administrators, particularly school superintendents, are critical. To make their work useful, evaluators should be facilitators, not…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, Interpersonal Competence
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