Introduction to Educational Evaluation

Catalog description

This is a graduate level course that provides a broad overview of evaluation methods that influence K-12 education, as well as the nonprofit sector. While educational assessments include a full range of procedures used to gain information about student learning (e.g., observations and paper-and-pencil tests), educational evaluation is the process of determining something about the merit, worth, or significance of that information. Therefore, the goal of this course is to provide students with an introduction to educational evaluation from both a practitioner and a programmatic perspective. To meet this goal students explore the importance of evaluation across educational contexts; evaluate student achievement; develop a program logic model; and conduct an evaluability assessment.