Designing And Utilizing Evaluation For Gifted Program Improvement

Download or read book Designing and Utilizing Evaluation for Gifted Program Improvement written by Joyce VanTassel-Baska and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering the most effective methods for gifted education program evaluation and improvement, this book acts as a critical guide for administrators, teachers, and researchers. The book reviews the program evaluation process, presents models and strategies for effective evaluation, and provides tools for using evaluation as a foundation for program improvement. Edited by Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska and Dr. Annie Xuemei Feng, this resource is intended to offer step-by-step guidance in effective program improvement from the nation's leading experts on the topic. Chapters cover survey construction and implementation, use of focus groups, assessment of classroom practices, outcome assessment, alignment with the best practice standards, strategies for synthesizing your findings, and much more. This unique resource is a critical piece of the program improvement process.