EDG 550B Performance Task #8

Thinking About Program and Student Evaluation

Key Program Components to Evaluate

Stakeholders Identification Curriculum Continuum of Student Affective Student
Procedures and Services Growth Achievement
Instruction Growth
Identify the evaluation questions you would pose in each category for each stakeholder and list possible
measurement tools and methods you could use to gather data for each question.

Teachers How do teachers What training How are gifted What leadership What measures
refer students for do teachers services opportunities are do you use to
gifted programs? receive for provided to available for track student
Survey all implementing students in the students in your achievement
teachers curriculum in regular classroom? growth?
What behaviors/ the gifted classroom? Survey of all Survey and
attributes do programs? Sampling of teachers; open ended
teachers believe Questionnaire interviews with Focus groups with questionnaire of
makes a student for gifted gifted and gifted program gifted program
gifted? program regular teachers teachers;
Survey all teachers classroom What strategies do Review of
teachers How is the teachers you use to teach district records
What training do gifted When do gifted students about
teachers have for curriculum and regular social-emotional
identifying/ different from classroom skills?
recommending the regular teachers Survey of all
 students for curriculum? collaborate? teachers
gifted programs? Questionnaire Survey all (can compare
Focus groups/ for all teachers; teachers results of regular
interviews focus group classroom and
with gifted gifted classroom.
program Is there a
teachers difference?)
How do you track
student affective
growth?
Survey of gifted
program teachers
Students How can How are gifted What do you do What opportunities How are you
students become classes in your gifted do you have to challenged in
a part of the different from classes that is practice your gifted
gifted program? regular related to what leadership? courses?
Survey all classes? you do in your Focus group with Focus group
students Focus groups regular classes? students in gifted with students in
What does it with students in Focus groups program gifted program
mean to be gifted program with students in What activities What
gifted? In what ways gifted program allow you to learn assessments
Open ended are you able to What did you do social and are used to track
questionnaire for explore your in previous emotional skills? your academic
all students; own interests? years that has Focus group with progress?
Interviews or Focus groups prepared you for students in gifted Focus group
focus groups with with students in current program with students in
students in the gifted program challenges? gifted program
gifted program Open ended
questionnaire of
students in
gifted program;
Focus groups
 with students in
gifted program
Families How do you refer What activities How is your How has your What
your child for the in the gifted child supported child’s information are
gifted program? program make in extracurricular behavior/attitude you provided
Survey of all your child activities? changed as a about your
families excited for Open ended result of child’s academic
What criteria do school? questionnaire of participation in achievement
students need to Open ended parents of gifted services? and progress?
meet to qualify questionnaire of students in Open ended Survey of
for gifted gifted program gifted program questionnaire of parents with
services? parents How is your parents of students children in the
Survey of all child supported in gifted program gifted program;
families; in the regular What discussions Review of
Review school classroom? do you have with district records
district public Open ended the school about What
information questionnaire of your child’s social communication
parents of and emotional do you have with
students in skills? the school about
gifted program Open ended your child’s
What options questionnaire of academic
are available for parents of students progress?
future services? in gifted program Focus groups
Open ended with parents of
questionnaire of children in the
parents of gifted program
students in
gifted program
Administration How do students How is the How do you How do you track What measures
qualify for gifted curriculum for support gifted student affective are used to track
services? the gifted and regular growth? student
Review school program teacher Survey of district achievement?
district public determined? collaboration? leaders and Review school
information Interview Interview district principals district records
Who decides district leaders leaders and What goals do you How do you
which students and principals principals have for student ensure that you
qualify? Who is How do you affective get accurate
Interview district responsible for ensure students outcomes? measures of
leaders and ensuring the are supported in Interview district growth?
principals curriculum is regular leaders and Review school
Who is implemented classrooms? principals district records;
responsible for with fidelity? Interview district What curriculum or Interview district
ensuring that Interview leaders and activities do you leaders and
students from district leaders principals use to ensure principals
underrepresented and principals students gain SEL
populations are What skills?
identified for professional Survey of district
services? development leaders and
Interview district opportunities principals
leaders and are provided for
principals teachers?
Where can When are
families and teachers given
students find time to
information about collaborate on
gifted services? the curriculum?
Review school Interview
district public district leaders
information and principals