Effective Education Programs: Criteria, Standards, Selection, Development, and Evaluation, Slides of Performance Evaluation

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Selecting Criteria and Setting

Standards

Useful Criteria and Standards

• Criteria need to reflect intent of the program
• Select criteria that can be influenced
• Select criteria that can be measured reliably
• Criteria that stakeholders participate in

selecting

Different Types of Goals

• Implementation Goals
  • Activities that must be completed (resources, activities, and KOSA especially Knowledge and Opinions) to meet goals
• Intermediate Goals
  • KOSA, especially Skills and Aspirations and some forms of Practice Change
• Outcome Goals
  • Practice Change and SEEC Change

Goal That Apply to all Programs

• Some goals are unstated but expected!
  • Treat program participants with respect
    • The golden rule
  • No negative side effects
  • Fiscal responsibility
  • Ethical treatment of all stakeholders

Evaluation Criteria & Evaluation Questions

• Does the program as implemented fulfill the plans?
  • Plan your work and work your plan!
    • Exceptions to this rule:
      • Programs that cannot be implemented as planned
      • Value conflicts that make implementation impossible
      • Unintended side effects

Evaluation Criteria & Evaluation Questions

• Do the Outcomes Achieved Match the Goals?
  • The level of outcome achieved
  • Specifying level of outcome
  • Outcomes and black boxes / The importance of program theory

Using Program Theory

• Bennet’s Hierarchy is a general Behavioral

Change logic model

• This scheme can and should be enhanced with

specific knowledge of a program area

• Some things will be constant:
  • Multiple contacts with the same audience
  • A variety of techniques will reach more people
  • KOSA is necessary for practice change
  • Practice Change is necessary for SEEC change

Program Logic in Program Development

Bennett’s Hierarchy Program Logic Model

Social,Economic, Environmental Conditions

Practices

Knowledge, Opinions, Skills, Aspirations

Activities

Resources

Planning Performancedocsity.com

Final Considerations in Criteria and Standards

• Is the Program Accepted?
  • Immediate Program Satisfaction
• Are the resources devoted to the program

being expended appropriately?

• Program costs in the planning phase Vs. implementation phase
• Is the program fair to all stakeholders
• Monies spent as described in plans
• Outcomes justify the expense

Final Considerations in Criteria and Standards

• Evaluation Budget
• Time
• Credible Criteria with Stakeholders