Evaluating Your Educational Program: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
In the 1970s, comedian Flip Wilson created a sassy but honest character named Geraldine, whose trademark line was “What you see is what you get!” Had Geraldine been a program evaluator, the line might have been “What you ask for is what you get.” OK, it’s not as funny. But it drives home an important point: If you don’t tell your program evaluators what kind of information you need, they might not ask the right questions—and what you get from the evaluation might fall short of your expectations. Learn more about how to get the most out of a program evaluation.
High-Performing Learning Communities: Are We There Yet?
Answer this question for your own school or district by using Edvantia’s award-winning Continuous School Improvement Questionnaire. This School Performance Diagnostic has been field tested, validated, and normed. It’s inexpensive, takes only 30 minutes to administer, and results in a customized report to help you identify present strengths and weaknesses and focus your strategies for school improvement. Learn more.
Grants Update—October 2007
See a new listing of selected grants from federal, foundation, and other sources.
 Recommended Reading
Quality Questioning: Research-Based Practice to Engage Every Learner
In a quality questioning classroom, the teacher asks clear, focused, purposeful questions at different levels of cognition. This book offers research evidence and practical strategies to help teachers take quality questioning into the classroom right away. Available from our online store.
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Webcast
October 25
Technology Proficiency:
A Moving Target
Examine current and emerging issues related to defining, promoting, and assessing students’ technology proficiency with representatives of the International Society for Technology in Education, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the U.S. Department of Education, and two state departments of education. Registration is free. |
Why Should Teachers Craft Good Questions?
Researchers have identified effective questioning as a tool for building students’ basic and higher-level skills. Learn more via Edvantia’s Research Corner page in District Administration magazine.
Interactive Fitness Center a Winner
An elementary school in Pennsylvania won $30,000 for its innovative proposal: The school will equip a fitness center with interactive technologies such as Dance Dance Revolution, invite “fitness buddies” from the local high school to record data and keep individuals motivated, and evaluate whether increased physical activity helps improve academic performance among struggling readers. Read about it.
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