How to be Involved in Program Evaluation What Every Adminstrator Needs to Know

by McNeil, Keith; Newman, Isadore; Steinhauser, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781578862511
• ISBN10: 1578862515
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

This book will improve the direction and utility of the evaluation by the program director in charge, and the implementation of the evaluation by the evaluator.

Author Biography

Keith McNeil received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and has taught in higher education at New Mexico State University since 1989 Isadore Newman received his Ph.D. in educational psychology with a specialty in statistics and measurement from Southern Illinois University and has been a professor at the University of Akron since 1971 Jim Steinhauser received his Ph.D. in 2000 from New Mexico State University. Since 2003 he has been an evaluator for the El Paso Independent School District

Table of Contents

Preface	v
1 What Is Evaluation?	1	(19)
2 Overview of GEM	20	(8)
3 Needs Assessment	28	(33)
4 Baseline	61	(28)
5 Procedures to Achieve Objectives	89	(15)
6 Program Implementation Assessment	104	(28)
7 Post Assessment	132	(19)
8 Review of GEM From the Viewpoint of the Evaluator and the Program Director	151	(13)
9 Evaluation as a Profession	164	(16)
10 Evaluation Instruments	180	(12)
11 Reporting	192	(11)
12 Application of GEM to Evaluating Schools	203	(20)
Appendixes
A Acronyms	223	(2)
B Personal Evaluation History of the Authors	225	(5)
C Summary of the Program Evaluation Standards	230	(4)
D Evaluation Forms and Instruments	234	(22)
E Evaluation Plans	256	(7)
F Evaluation Reports	263	(14)
G Evaluation Resources	277	(7)
H Evaluation Contracts Obtained Over a 12-Year Period, Identified by Number of Years, How Obtained, Funding Agency, and Brief Name	284	(1)
Glossary	285	(8)
References	293	(6)
Index	299	(6)
About the Authors	305