As a leader in education and program evaluation, you will have responsibilities relating to educational program evaluation. You will be expected to research and implement best practices when evaluating curriculum and instruction.
For this assignment, you will create an evaluation proposal for the program you selected in Week 6.
Note: Remember to refer to your Week 6 outline as you develop your evaluation proposal.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word evaluation proposal for your selected educational program. Your proposal should include the following components:
Part 1: Description of Program
Summarize the purpose of the program you selected. Consider the stated goals and program funding.
Describe the population served by the program. Consider the primary beneficiaries of the program.
Summarize current assessment practices for students in the program. Consider formal and informal assessments.
Summarize current concerns regarding the program. Consider costs, staff, student participation, current assessment data, etc.
Part 2: Evaluation Process
Explain the process for conducting an evaluation.
Consider the stakeholders needed to complete the program evaluation.
Explain how data will be collected by your team.
Consider the types of data to collect and appropriate strategies for the collection of student data.
Describe measures to put in place to minimize bias and avoid ethical or legal concerns.
Explain how the team will ensure the alignment of program goals with the evaluation process.
Include at least 5 peer-reviewed scholarly references.
This assignment asks for a 1,400–1,750-word proposal to evaluate an educational program — describing the program and laying out a credible evaluation process. Follow the required parts and choose a recognized evaluation model to give it backbone.
Key takeaways
- Cover both required parts: program description and the evaluation process.
- Describe purpose, goals, funding, population served, current assessments, and concerns.
- Choose an evaluation model — CIPP, logic model, or Kirkpatrick — to structure the process.
- Specify evaluation questions, data sources, methods, stakeholders, and timeline.
- Write formally and cite program-evaluation literature in your required style.
Part 1: Describe the program
Summarize the program’s purpose and stated goals, its funding, and the population it serves (the primary beneficiaries). Summarize current assessment practices — formal and informal — and the concerns driving the evaluation (cost, staffing, participation, outcome data).
Part 2: The evaluation process
Explain how you’ll conduct the evaluation. Ground it in a model:
- CIPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) for a comprehensive program view.
- Logic model to link inputs and activities to outputs and outcomes.
- Kirkpatrick if you’re focused on learning and results.
State your evaluation questions, the data you’ll collect (quantitative and qualitative), methods and instruments, who the stakeholders are, how you’ll ensure validity and ethics, and a realistic timeline.
Pull it together
Open with why the evaluation matters, move through both parts, and close with expected outcomes and how findings will be used to improve the program. Hit the word count with substance, and cite evaluation sources.