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EVALUATION PLANNING FOR GRANT PROJECTS
January 28, 2003

Presented by:

Ann Abeille, Director, Research and Evaluation, Learning Innovations at WestEd,
A Partner in NEIRTEC
(Northeast & Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium)

PURPOSES:

• Provide a basic overview of project evaluation as it applies to your district projects
  • Purposes
  • Audiences
  • Evaluation process
  • Evaluation questions
  • Evaluation methods
  • District communication and use of evaluation findings
• Provide time to discuss your project with other grantee districts and share planning of evaluation questions and methods to be used
• Provide guidance to resources available, including follow-up support available to individual districts this winter and spring
• Make explicit connections between your evaluation planning and the state required Mid-Year Reports and Spring Conferences

AGENDA* (2:30 -- 4:00 pm):

• Introduction / Overview
• Purposes of Evaluation
• Audiences
• Evaluation Process
• Evaluation Questions
• Methods -- Table Talk #1
• Small Group Sharing and Planning (Evaluation Questions and Corresponding Methods) -- Table Talk #2
• Pointers and Follow-Up Support

*Questions and Comments Welcome Throughout

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