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Measurement and Evaluation: Strategies For School Improvement

Author(s): McNamara, James F.; Erlandson, David A.; McNamara, Maryanne
ISBN10: 1883001781
ISBN13: 9781883001780
Cover: Hardcover
 
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Table of Contents
FOREWORD iii(2)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS v(1)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi(5)
PREFACE xi
1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
1(4)
Part I: Evaluation
1(1)
Part II: Measurement
2(1)
Part III: Applications
3(1)
Summary
4(1)
PART I: EVALUATION 5(78)
2 WHAT EVERY PRINCIPAL SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVALUATION
7(26)
What Is Evaluation?
7(1)
The Purpose of Evaluation
8(2)
Levels of Evaluation
10(1)
The Program Evaluation Standards
11(6)
Utility Standards
13(1)
Feasibility Standards
14(1)
Propriety Standards
14(2)
Accuracy Standards
16(1)
Case Study: The Tangerine Evaluation
17(11)
The Evaluation
17(3)
The Metaevaluation
20(1)
Utility Standards
20(2)
Feasibility Standards
22(1)
Propriety Standards
23(2)
Accuracy Standards
25(3)
Laying a Foundation for Effective Evaluation
28(1)
Summary
29(1)
Action Follow-up
30(3)
3 COLLECTING AND USING INFORMATION
33(14)
An Exercise in Collecting Information
34(11)
A Rare Opportunity
34(1)
A Review of Your Information Collection Plans
35(3)
Scheduling Information Collection
38(1)
A Review of Your Information-Collection Schedule
39(2)
A Change in Schedule
41(1)
Reviewing Your One-Day Schedule
42(1)
Learning from the Information-Collection Exercise
43(2)
Summary
45(1)
Action Follow-up
46(1)
4 STRUCTURING AND SCHEDULING PROGRAM EVALUATION
47(36)
Determining a Focus for Program Evaluation
48(1)
Some Alternative Approaches to Program Evaluation
49(9)
Objectives-Oriented Approach
50(1)
Management-Oriented Approach
51(2)
Consumer-Oriented Approach
53(1)
Expertise-Oriented Approach
54(1)
Adversary-Oriented Approach
55(1)
Naturalistic and Participant-Oriented Approach
56(2)
Building a Plan for Program Evaluation
58(4)
What Should Be Evaluated?
58(2)
How Should It Be Evaluated?
60(1)
What Will Be Done with the Results of the Evaluation?
61(1)
Collecting and Analyzing Information for a Comprehensive Program Evaluation
62(9)
Types of Tests Used by Schools
64(2)
School Testing Schedules
66(5)
Broadening the Scope of Program Evaluation
71(3)
Applying the CIPP Model
72(2)
Other Approaches
74(1)
Integrating a Faculty Evaluation Plan
74(5)
Recruitment and Selection
75(2)
Initial Professional Development Plan
77(1)
Formative Evaluation
77(1)
Summative Evaluation and Renewal of the Professional Development Plan
77(2)
Some Final Thoughts About Program Evaluation
79(1)
Action Follow-up
80(3)
PART II: MEASUREMENT 83(56)
5 WHAT EVERY PRINCIPAL SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MEASUREMENT
85(54)
Measurement Concepts
86(4)
Uses of Educational Measures
90(14)
Constructing New Measures
104(12)
Classifying Measurement Instruments
116(5)
Interviews and Direct Observation
121(6)
Questionnaire Design and Use
127(7)
Administrative Decision Making
134(3)
Summary
137(1)
Action Follow-up
138(1)
PART III: APPLICATIONS 139(44)
6 COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
141(26)
The School Psychologist
143(3)
Where Do School Psychologists Work?
144(1)
What Do School Psychologist Do?
144(2)
Are School Psychologists Interested in Collaboration?
146(1)
Principals and School Psychologists
146(14)
Illustration One: Linking School Psychologists with Teachers
147(2)
Illustration Two: Reducing Violence on the School Campus
149(1)
Illustration Three: Constructing Portfolios to Assess Student Learning
150(3)
Illustration Four: Evaluating an Inclusion Policy at the Campus Level
153(4)
Illustration Five: Providing Research and Evaluation Assistance to School Principals
157(3)
Successful Collaboration
160(3)
Myths of Collaboration
161(1)
Guidelines for Success
162(1)
Summary
163(1)
Implications
164(1)
Action Follow-up
165(2)
7 MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION ON THE JOB
167(16)
Functional Domains
168(6)
Domain One: Leadership
168(1)
Domain Two: Information Collection
169(1)
Domain Three: Problem Analysis
169(1)
Domain Four: Judgment
170(1)
Domain Five: Organizational Oversight
171(1)
Domain Six: Implementation
172(1)
Domain Seven: Delegation
173(1)
Programmatic Domains
174(7)
Domain Eight: Instruction and Learning Environment
175(2)
Domain Nine: Curriculum Design
177(1)
Domain Ten: Student Guidance and Development
177(1)
Domain Eleven: Staff Development
178(1)
Domain Thirteen: Resource Allocation
179(2)
Summary
181(2)
APPENDIX: SELF-APPRAISAL SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT 183(6)
REFERENCES 189

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