Introduction to Program Evaluation

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Julie Q. Morrison ◽  
Anna L. Harms
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Summative Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Program ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
School Based ◽  
Tier System ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Evaluation Approaches

The objective of this chapter is to provide the school-based professional a concise introduction to program evaluation. Program evaluation is defined and the distinguishing characteristics of program evaluation and research are described. An overview of the most prominent evaluation approaches relevant to a school-based context is provided. The distinction between formative and summative evaluation is presented. Throughout this chapter, evaluation approaches, purposes, and foci are presented as they relate to the evaluation of a multi-tier system of supports (MTSS) framework. Finally, the distinction between an internal and external evaluator is outlined in terms of the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. The role of the school-based professional as an internal or external evaluator is illustrated given the current context in education emphasizing results-driven accountability.

Advancing Evidence-Based Practice Through Program Evaluation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Q. Morrison ◽  
Anna L. Harms
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
School Improvement ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
School Based ◽  
Tier System ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Evaluation Of Evidence ◽  
Evaluation Approaches

The demand for results-driven accountability is pervasive in all aspects of education today. The shift in emphasis from compliance to accountability for closing achievement gaps and improving student outcomes creates challenges and opportunities for school-based professionals. School-based professionals have a significant role to play in supporting school improvement efforts and improving outcomes for students in their role as program evaluators. Despite the need for advanced knowledge and skills in program evaluation, resources dedicated to developing the competencies of school-based professionals in evaluation approaches, methods, and tools are scarce. This book addresses this need by serving as a practical resource for school-based professionals seeking to use program evaluation to enhance data-based decision making and accountability as informed by implementation research and within the context of a multi-tier system of supports framework. Throughout this book, school-based professionals are positioned as change agents guiding their school or school districts in the adoption, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based interventions and systems of support to meet students’ academic and behavioral needs.

scholarly journals Role of online media in agriculture development in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 15033
Author(s):  
Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Agriculture Development

In the history of Vietnam’s establishment and development, agriculture has always been an important economic sector. In 2019, the agriculture, forestry, and fishery sectors accounted for 13.96% of Vietnam’s GDP. However, this is also the year that witnessed the GDP growth of the agriculture sector plummeted to only 2.2 percent. There are many factors responsible for the decline in the share of agriculture in economic growth, while other sectors have increased. In the current context, with the outstanding development of science and technology, global networking and information society, every aspect of development including agriculture development cannot be separated from the operation of media, especially online media. This paper analyses the role of online media in agriculture development in Vietnam by analyzing hundreds of articles published in different electronic newspapers. The paper particularly examines 217 news-articles produced on VnExpress, the most read Vietnamese newspaper. While discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the role of media in agriculture development, the paper also explores some new paradigm and recommends to enhance the role of online media for digitizing the development of agriculture in Vietnam in this digital age.

Evaluation of the Role of Knowledge Broker in School-based Youth Tobacco Control

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Manske ◽  
Bill Morrison ◽  
Irene Lambraki ◽  
Cynthia Mathieson
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Knowledge Broker ◽  
School Based

Role of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child in School-Based Mental Health

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shereen C. Naser ◽  
Berre Burch ◽  
Meredith Summerville ◽  
Bonnie Nastasi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
School Based ◽  
Rights Of The Child

Can trust become a factor of economic growth? Dynamic changes in the level of trust of Russian youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Bakhtigaraeva ◽  
A. A. Stavinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Generalized Trust ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Future ◽  
Analysis Of Dynamics

The article considers the role of trust in the economy, the mechanisms of its accumulation and the possibility of using it as one of the growth factors in the future. The advantages and disadvantages of measuring the level of generalized trust using two alternative questions — about trusting people in general and trusting strangers — are analyzed. The results of the analysis of dynamics of the level of generalized trust among Russian youth, obtained within the study of the Institute for National Projects in 10 regions of Russia, are presented. It is shown that there are no significant changes in trust in people in general during the study at university. At the same time, the level of trust in strangers falls, which can negatively affect the level of trust in the country as a whole, and as a result have negative effects on the development of the economy in the future. Possible causes of the observed trends and the role of universities are discussed. Also the question about the connection between the level of education and generalized trust in countries with different quality of the institutional environment is raised.

Alignment

2016 ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Pier Giuseppe Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Enactive Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The Subject

The subject of alignment is not new to the world of education. Today however, it has come to mean different things and to have a heuristic value in education according to research in different areas, not least for neuroscience, and to attention to skills and to the alternation framework.This paper, after looking at the classic references that already attributed an important role to alignment in education processes, looks at the strategic role of alignment in the current context, outlining the shared construction processes and focusing on some of the ways in which this is put into effect.Alignment is part of a participatory, enactive approach that gives a central role to the interaction between teaching and learning, avoiding the limits of behaviourism, which has a greater bias towards teaching, and cognitivism/constructivism, which focus their attention on learning and in any case, on that which separates a teacher preparing the environment and a student working in it.

Effectiveness of Tax Policy of Ukraine: Evidence and Economy Implications

2020 ◽  
pp. 124-131
Author(s):  
Olena P. Slavkova ◽  
Oksana I Zhilinska ◽  
Maksym Palienko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
State Tax ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Tax Payments

The article deals with the peculiarities of the formation and implementation of tax policy in the country. The analysis of change of tax receipts to the state and local budgets is carried out. The role of tax payments in the economic development of the country is determined. The efficiency of the state tax policy in Ukraine is analyzed, its advantages and disadvantages are determined. The important role of tax payments in stimulating economic and social development is substantiated. The analysis of the elasticity of change of indicators of economic development of the country from the change of volume of tax receipts to the budget is carried out. The necessity of improving the existing policy of establishing, accrual, payment, and distribution of tax revenues as one of the most promising areas to stimulate economic growth is concluded. Keywords: tax policy, revenues, tax evasion, state budget, elasticity, economic development

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