Hazelwood School District Program Evaluation Mary Piper

Designing Evaluation How will information be gathered? What is measured or assessed? How will information be used?

Levels of Program Evaluation Description Participants’ reactions Initial Satisfaction To improve program design and delivery

Levels of Program Evaluation Description Participants’ learning New Knowledge and Skills To improve program content, format, and organization

Levels of Program Evaluation Description Organization support and change Change Agent To document, adopt, and inform future change efforts

Levels of Program Evaluation Description Participants’ use of new knowledge and skills Implementation To document and improve the implementation of program content

Levels of Program Evaluation Description Student learning outcomes Impact To focus and improve all aspects of program design, implementation, and follow-up; to demonstrate the overall impact

Levels of Program Evaluation Description Return on Investment (ROI) Value of training To determine the value of the program in terms of resources (time, money, and/or people)

Evaluating Professional Development Thomas Guskey

Assessing Impact: Evaluating Professional Development JoEllen Killion

The Death and Life of the Great American School System Diane Ravitch Context Move from a focus on accountability to a focus on curriculum Evidence Common Core Standards

A Chance to Make History Wendy Kopp Context Transforming public education Evidence Teach for America

Mindset Carol Dweck Context Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset Evidence Evaluation of Industrial Age programs needs to move to an Information Age model with ongoing evaluation which allows for rapid course corrections

HSD Students 18,405 students in K-12 2nd largest in St. Louis County 70.2% African American 26.4% Caucasian 1.2% Asian and Hispanic 46% free & reduced lunch 26 different languages 55% mobility

Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning Transformational Change versus Tinkering Change Mass Customized Learning is about transformational change. The Industrial Age is about mass producing education. The Information Age is about mass customizing learning

Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning Where We Are Where We Need to Be The reality in today’s Information Age, is......that it is now possible for: anyone to learn anything from anywhere at any time in any way from worldwide experts from a specific teacher.  The reality in today’s Information Age, is......that it is now possible for: anyone to learn anything from anywhere at any time in any way from worldwide experts from a specific teacher. 

Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning Everybody is mass customizing; everybody – except education. iPhone: customize music My Yahoo: news page Starbucks: coffee Facebook: contacts iPad & Google: sightseeing

Mass Customized Learning Meets every learner at his/her learning level, Provides learning opportunities that sync with the learner’s most effective learning styles, and Allows the learner to study and learn skills and concepts using content that is relevant and interesting. MASS CUSTOMIZED EVALUATION