Evaluation Plan and Design BRAINSTORM

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Week 10 Assignment - Project Part 3: Evaluation Plan and Design

Overview

In Part 2 of your Project Plan, you recommended an evaluation approach. In this assignment, Part 3 of your Project Plan, you will share your analysis of aspects of your evaluation, identify milestones for its completion, specify data collection techniques, and describe how you will communicate your work to stakeholders.

Instructions

Note on Data Collection: Be aware that there are often multiple methods of data collection (observations, surveys, and focus groups) employed in a robust program evaluation. In this assignment, you are asked to focus on a single method that you believe would best inform your evaluation. Review the resources related to data collection as you consider your approach to data gathering.

Write 5–7 pages in which you:

● Analyze the program to explain three significant cultural or political issues that are likely to be encountered during the evaluation. Describe ways to effectively address them.

● Provide a timeline with significant milestones (include brief descriptors where necessary) that represent a complete program evaluation plan.

○ Dates: Use dates that are reasonable approximations of how long each milestone should take. Use today’s date as a starting point.

○ Milestones: List all significant evaluation milestones. Make sure to include the next three bullet points as milestones since they represent important elements of a full evaluation plan.

● Justify your data collection methodology (observations, surveys, and focus groups.) Make sure to describe how it aligns to your chosen approach.

● Describe three issues that may likely be encountered during collection, compilation, interpretation, or reporting of the data.

● Justify your methods for communicating evaluation data and findings to stakeholders. Make sure to identify your chosen stakeholders and why your reporting is appropriate for the audience.

○ Stakeholders include school administration, teachers, parents, school board members, and community partners.

○ Communication methods could be emails, meetings, presentations, mailed reports, and roundtables.

Resources

Use at least three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citations, access the library or review the library guides.