Outcome Evaluation Plan Sample Comments

Course Objective:

 Specify an evaluation design to assess the outcomes of your proposed intervention that is
justifiable and defensible.
 Contribute to the public discourse on improvement of education.
Sample Comments for students who receive an A/A-, B+/B, B-/C+, C/C- on this assignment.

A/A- B/B+ B-/C+ C/C-

Develop two well-written Your questions Your questions One of your Two or more of
evaluation questions related were well were well questions was your questions
to the outcomes of interest in written and written but one unclear or not were unclear or
your intervention. These answerable might not be related to not related to
questions should focus with the answerable with outcome outcome
primarily on the proximal measures a measure evaluation. evaluation.
outcomes of your study. State provided in provided in your
the objective of your your matrix. matrix.
intervention with respect to
the evaluation questions
stated above.
Propose an evaluation design You included You included a You included You included a
that you could use to address a detailed detailed a discussion general
the evaluation questions you discussion of discussion of of your discussion of
posed above (Discuss role of your proposed your proposed proposed your proposed
the mixed methods, describe evaluation evaluation evaluation evaluation
the design in detail, design. You design, the role design and the design with few
characteristics of the design discussed the of mixed role of mixed specifics on the
with respect to purpose, role of mixed methods, and methods; role of mixed
timing, justification for why methods, your however, your methods or your
you have selected this participant justification for justification justification for
design). selection, your design. I for your your design.
timing of didn’t see details design lacked
measures, and regarding details.
justification of participant
the design. selection or the
timing of
measures.
Discuss the strengths and You discussed You discussed You discussed You did not
limitations associated with many strengths many strengths many discuss many
the evaluation design and limitations and limitations strengths and strengths and
proposed supported with the of your design, of your design, limitations of limitation of
relevant research. Address you discussed but you were your design, your design.
the design’s ability (or your design’s missing a but you were
inability) to generate valid ability to detailed missing a
inferences about the effect of generate valid discussion detailed
your intervention on the inferences regarding a discussion
outcome of interest. Provide regarding the justification for regarding a
justification for why your effect of your this particular justification
proposed design is preferred intervention, design or the for this
over other alternatives. and you designs ability particular
provided to generate valid design and the
justification inferences. designs ability
for why your to generate
design is valid
preferred over inferences.
the other
alternatives..
Discuss the implications of You discussed You discussed You discussed You vaguely
your actual sample size and the the implications the discussed
the required sample size from implications of of the number of implications implications of
the power analysis on your the number of participants in of your your sample
design choice. participants in your study, but sample size, size.
your study, you didn’t but didn’t
you referenced reference an reference a
a research article or didn’t research
article that give specifics article and
provided an related to your didn’t indicate
effect size, and power-analysis. that you ran a
you gave power-
specifics analysis.
related to your
power-analysis
(the numbers
you entered
and your
outcome
number).
Discuss how your outcome You explained You You You stated a
evaluation fits within the in detail how summarized the summarized very basic
Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. you would use readings and the readings understanding of
information discussed some rather than improvement
from measures of the data you discussing a science with
stated in your will collect, but plan for your little to no
matrix to make you did not state study. detailed
improvements a plan for how connection to
using you would use your particular
information this data to study.
from the make
readings. improvements.

Data Collection Matrix: Your matrix Your matrix was Your matrix Your matrix was
Using the template below, was easy to easy to was unclear unclear and you
outline the data needs and understand understand even or you were were missing a
collection plan for the even before before reading missing a component in
proposed evaluation. Include reading your your narrative, component in your matrix.
at least two outcome narrative. but I would like your matrix.
measures (constructs). you to provide
more specifics.
Overall writing (Grammar, No A few Some Many
APA, clarity) grammatical grammatical and grammatical grammatical and
and APA APA errors. and APA APA errors.
errors. errors.