Evaluating Academic Program
With this ongoing rapidly developing in our world; the changing is needed and must be beginning of the education. In our education system we provide many academic programs to students, teachers or educational supervisors or others. It’s obvious that evaluation these academic programs is very significant to bring out better outcomes. Moreover, it is a very important part of the development of an educational process in all its aspects. At some point, educators will need to evaluate an educational program to determine its worth and to get a proper outcome. Thus, there are many committees and accreditation of teacher education revealed lately. I find this very interesting subject to write brief paper and perhaps make researches about it in the future.
There are many different evaluation standards for evaluating academic programs. Some researchers rely on their own standards that they have designed to evaluate academic programs. Others make their evaluation based on professional program standards like NCATE Standards in evaluation teacher preparation programs, or others standards that seek to evaluate the other kind of the programs.
If you plan to evaluate educational program you should ask yourself two questions; whose opinion matters? And what would really be meaningful to them? (David, 2010). These main questions are very important because your methods, instruments and approaches will be different based on these significant questions. The purpose of the evaluation and the most appropriate kind of evaluation will depend on the answers to these two key questions.
Some researchers use the words “evaluation” and “assessment” as the same meaning. However, I agree with Cook (2010) since he prefers...
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...ind always. Supervisors and teachers should work together to understand the result of these evaluations and try to work on the areas which they can contribute in improving it.
In evaluation standards there are Some standards are organized into four groups which are: utility standards, feasibility standards, propriety standards, and accuracy standards. There are differences in standards’ organization.
One of the most famous evaluation standards is NCATE standards which are professional standards for the accreditation of teacher education. The mission of NCATE standards is the national professional accrediting agency for schools, colleges, and departments of education that prepare teachers, administrators, and other professional school personnel (NCATE). The evaluators could use these standards to measure any academic programs that prepare teachers.
In conclusion I feel that using effective assessment methods throughout any course allows tutors to give feedback at the right time to allow the correct progress for the learners to achieve. I have experienced feedback many times as coach and more recently as a teacher and feel it has only helped me to improve and to keep wanting to improve so I can inspire others to achieve.
...ey also have their own school obligations. It is even possible that they are also conducting studies of their own, especially when they are pursuing graduate studies. They may not have the time or energy to help me conduct this evaluation. Also, if there is not monetary incentive, taking them away from more productive or paid time may be more difficult. Furthermore, it will not be easy to get the participation of school administrators, if they know that this is a private evaluation undertaking, because although the findings of this evaluation will be submitted to related public offices, it is not commissioned by any government agency. They might find this study quite intrusive and time-consuming, without feeling any of its urgency or relevance. In addition, even if school administrators allow the evaluation to proceed, there will be time and budgetary constraints.
Shepard, L. & Hannaway, J. & Baker, E. (2009). Standards, Assessments, and Accountability: Education Policy White Paper. National Academy of Education. Retrieved on March 18, 2012 from: http://www.naeducation.org/Standards_Assessments_Accountability_White_Paper.pdf
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. (2007). Professional standards for the accreditation of schools, colleges, and departments of education. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: http://www.ncate.org
All assessments will be purposeful, and the goal of the assessment will be determined before the assessment is given. Assessment and evaluation will be ongoing throughout the year to provide reliable information. Assessments will also be authentic during the natural daily schedule. I will assess by creating portfolios, observing the children, and taking anecdotal notes. The assessments will allow me to measure students’ success and development. I will gather data from multiple sources to ensure that the data is reliable. I will maintain ethical behavior in all forms of assessment and evaluation. I will also reflect on my own teaching practices to better myself for my
Teacher graded assessments are inadequate alternatives to standardized tests because they are subjectively scored and unreliable. Stricter standards and increased testing are better preparing school students for college. Standardized tests are an imprecise measure of teacher performance, yet they are used to reward and punish teachers. Using test scores to reward and punish teachers and schools encourages them to cheat the system for their own gain.
It is customary for people to do their research and read reviews when purchasing a car or pair of new shoes. A persons thoughts on things is a contributing factor in today’s world which can save you money and time in the long run. This is the same with teacher evaluations, although these are all opinions of one’s teaching, there are still students out there that sincerely write evaluations explaining the impact a teacher has made on their overall success in education. Entering the world of college can be a scary thing and reading about others accomplishments can boost a person’s confidence onto taking the next big step in their life. Not only are evaluations a good tool for students this also benefits the teachers. The demand for strong supportive evaluations is necessary for teachers. Teachers need to know what their strengths and areas of improvement are to be able to improve for the next
External validity is referred to as the magnitude in which the program can be projected to create similar results in other populations. Making a greater effort to treat all participants equally and identically can offset the threats to external validity. Planners will conduct a double-blind study, in which the participants as well as the evaluators will not be aware of which group the participants are in. The evaluation design that was chosen provided both internal and external validity as well as has enough influence to make it challenging to generalize the results to other situations and yet accommodating to allow the results to be generalized to similar school settings.
Scoring criteria and interpretation may be devised and utilized depending on the purpose and field of study.
...d evaluating their teaching. Parents and the students themselves are vital in the process. They allow for IEPs to be moulded to the student and for aims to be specific and as clear as possible. To enable students to develop fully, their individual needs must be considered and dealt with.
In conclusion, though assessment is repeatedly debated if the discussions are conducted in a positive and productive manner the deliberations ought to be continued to benefit all students in the learning process. Additionally, alternative assessments may vary by individual state requirements each method needs to be considered by teachers in assisting all students based on their individual learning style in achieving academic excellence.
... After all, when we discuss and aspire for teacher effectiveness the progress of our students comes first, so it is our responsibility to make sure we provide that chance for everyone.
The two articles I read wrote about how most teacher evaluations have the same issues and most current teacher evaluations are not always the best tool for helping teachers grow. Both Thomas Toch and Robert Marzano wrote that the best evaluations are those followed by a conversation between the evaluator and the
In spite of the importance of assessment in education, few teachers receive proper training on how to design or analyze assessments. Due to this, when teachers are not provided with suitable assessments from their textbooks or instructional resources, teachers construct their own in an unsystematic manner. They create questions and essay prompts comparable to the ones that their teachers used, and they treat them as evaluations to administer when instructional activities are completed predominantly for allocating students' grades. In order to use assessments to improve instruction and student learning, teachers need to change their approach to assessments by making sure that they create sound assessments. To ensure that their assessments are sound they need include five basic indicators that can be used as steps to follow when creating assessments. The first of these indicators and the first step a teacher must take when creating a sound assessme...
Before understanding how to evaluate curriculum we must first know why we should evaluate any curriculum. The reasons are: