Educational Evaluation
Education evaluation is defined as the evaluation process undertaken in characterizing and appraising various aspects of an educational process. It is used by educational institutions to showcase the effectiveness of obtained data to the stakeholders or funders. This is an education evaluation of a middle school, which decided to have an extended day program. It sort to provide five additional minutes per school day for students to engage in core instructional priority activities. Such activities entailed reading, language, arts, mathematics, music and physical activities. The targeted populations are forty-eight-grade students and sixty-seventh-grade students. This essay shows the steps of the education evaluation plan used in order to develop the effectiveness of this program from a management perspective.
Goals and Purpose of the Evaluation Report
The aim of this evaluation analysis is to determine the effectiveness and merits of introducing an extended day program in the middle school. The goals of the evaluation will be categorized as support program goals and management program goals. The first support program goal will be to determine the extent at which the extended program is meeting its pre-set goals. The second goal will be to determine the level of efficiency of the extended day program. The third goal will be to create adjustments and recommendations for the program to increase its effectiveness. The management program goal will be to provide the school’s teaching faculty with the right educational and instructional equipment for the new program upon request.
Components and Variables of the Extended Day Program
The chart below illustrates all the components and variables of the extended day program evaluation exercise.
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Community/ Home Factor |
Parental Factor |
School Board and Central Office Factor |
Teachers and Classrooms Factor |
Building Administration Factor |
Student Factor |
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Availability of utilities. |
Number of parents |
Compensation policies |
Qualification |
Leadership style |
Strength of language |
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Accessibility of technology at home. |
Involvement in student’s education |
Class size |
Cultural sensitivity |
The school climate established |
Test-taking skills |
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Security in the region after sessions. |
Work schedule |
Instructional support |
Teacher experience (new or veteran) |
Encouragement of parental involvement |
Socializing skills in the school |
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Access to transportation services |
Number of other children at home |
Finance availability |
Use of technology |
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Academic motivation |
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Home language |
Board ideology |
Class management |
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Teacher preparation sources and quality |
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Data to Be Collected
The data to be collected in this education evaluation process will include interviews with parents, teachers, and administration department members. Surveys with a list of questions on the effectiveness of the extended day program will also be given to students, teachers and parents. Observations will also be made on classes by the education evaluation analysis team. They will check the performance levels of the one hundred, seventh and eighth-grade students as they attend various sessions of the extended day program. Ultimately, a review of the school’s documents and records regarding the extended day program will also be done by the evaluation team.
Sources from Which Data Will Be Collected
The tabulation below shows the sources from where the data to be used in the education report will be obtained. It will also show the person responsible for collecting the data from the data sources.
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Data source |
Person Responsible |
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Interview of parents |
Plan Director |
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Interview with teachers |
Plan Director |
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Interview of administrators |
Plan Director |
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Issuance of surveys to teachers and parents |
Evaluation Assistant |
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Issuance of surveys to students |
Evaluation Assistant |
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Class observation |
Evaluation coordinator |
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Review of documents and records |
Plan manager |
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Submission of report |
Plan manager |
Methods of Collecting Data on Each Component
There are six components that were identified in this education evaluation process. The components were community and home factor, parental factor, school board and central office factor, teachers and classrooms factor, building administration factor and student factor. The components have different methods of collecting data. The chart below shows the evaluation models that will be used to collect data on each component of the extended day program evaluation process.
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Component |
Model Used to Collect Data |
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Community and home factor |
Systems model (CIPP). |
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Home factor |
Performance budgeting and evaluation model. |
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Parental factor |
Discrepancy evaluation model. |
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School board and central office factor |
Goals and objective oriented model (MBO). |
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Teachers and classroom factor |
Empowerment evaluation model/Constructivist Evaluation model |
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Building administration factor |
System model (CIPP). |
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Student factor |
Program model (PPBS). |
Determining the Funding of the Program
To determine whether the program is well funded or under-funded, an evaluation program budget should be created. The budget will include the compensation sums for all the persons coordinating the evaluation process and additional expenses likely to be incurred during the evaluation period. In this case, the persons that should be included in the budget are the planning director, evaluation assistant, evaluation coordinator and plan manager. Additional expenses likely to be incurred during the exercise are traveling expenses and stationery expenses. The summation of the value of all budget items can be compared with the available financial resources. This will help in determining whether the program is well funded or under-funded.
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Item |
Cost (Per/Unit) |
Total Cost |
Cumulative Cost |
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Plan director |
$ 5000 |
$ 5000 |
$ 5000 |
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Evaluation assistant |
$ 3000 |
$ 3000 |
$ 8000 |
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Evaluation coordinator |
$ 2500 |
$ 2500 |
$ 10500 |
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Plan manager |
$ 4500 |
$ 4500 |
$ 15000 |
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Travelling expenses |
$ 500 |
$ 500 |
$ 15500 |
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Stationery expenses |
$ 200 |
$ 200 |
$ 15700 |
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Total |
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$ 15700 |
Role of Parents and Other Community Members in the Evaluation
The chart below shows the role of parents and other community members in this evaluation process.
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Persons |
Role |
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Parents |
Getting involved in student’s education life. Using good home language to motivate students to perform better in the lessons offered in the extended day program. |
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School board |
Offering sufficient financial resource to support the extended day program. Creating good compensation policies for all entities involved in the education evaluation exercise. Offering instructional support to the other faculty members offering lessons to students. |
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Teachers |
Ensuring good class management. Being cultural sensitive when dealing with students in the extended day program. |
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Building administrators |
Creating a good environment for the students to take their courses. |
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Other community members |
Ensuring that the environment is safe for learners who go home after the extended day program. |
Time Period for the Completion of the Evaluation
The Gantt chart below shows the time period taken in order to complete the evaluation. The shaded region in each week will show the period in which the data will be collected.
Conclusion
Education evaluation is an important process that should be undertaken to evaluate newly implemented programs in the education curriculum. The evaluation is undertaken to determine whether the pre-set goals for an educational program have been attained. The evaluation analysis also determines the efficiency and effectiveness of the introduced program. From the evaluation report, recommendations and adjustments of the pre-set goals can be achieved.
