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FRIT 8435 Assignment #2

Evaluability Assessment Checklist

Group 4 Amy Womack, Rachel Stewart & Jeff Johnson

Questions Answer Justification

1. Is there a contractual requirement

to evaluate?

No There is not a contractual

requirement to evaluate. This is a

service offered to students to

increase their performance in math.

2. Does the object of the evaluation

have enough impact or importance to

warrant formal evaluation?

Yes Data shows that the use of IPass, for

the purpose of remediation, has a

significant impact on student

achievement in math. Because math

is an essential skill, it is vital that

students learn basic skills early and

progress successfully in the area of

math.

3. Is there sufficient consensus

among stakeholders on the model for

the program? Its goals and

objectives?

Yes All stakeholders (parents, students,

teachers, and administrators) are

interested in the performance of the

students in the hope that the program

will increase scores in the area of

mathematics. Math is an essential

element in education; one that is thefoundation for other skills.

4.If the program has begun, are its

actions consistent with the program

model? Is achievement of goals

feasible?

Yes The program began in late August

when students first logged into the

IPass program and completed the

placement test. The program model

is setup to assess, prescribe,

instruct, and report on each student

taking part in the program. The

goal for each student is to be on or

above his or her grade level beforethe end of the school year. This goal

is possible when students go to the

computer lab at their scheduled times

each week.

5.Is the proposed evaluation feasible Yes This evaluation will be conducted

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given existing human and fiscal

resources and data availability?

internally. No outside human

resources will be needed. There is

ample data collected from prior years

of implementation to help determine

the programs validity. Stakeholder

interviews will also provide additional

resources.

6.Do the major stakeholders agree

on the intended use of the

evaluation?

Yes The stakeholders do agree that a

program is needed in the subject

area of math for the purpose of

remediation. Administrators,

parents,and teachers support the

idea of increasing student

performance in math. iPASS

conveys the curriculum and gives the

student just the right amount of

instruction and practice needed to

comprehend and retain the concepts

being taught.The purpose behindiPass is to identify specific learning

gaps and target those gaps to build

mastery before moving on to new

material.

7.Are the stakeholders in a position

to use the information productively?

Yes iPASS conveys the curriculum and

gives the student just the rightamount of instruction and practice

needed to comprehend and retain

the concepts being taught.Thepurpose behind iPass is to identify

specific learning gaps and target

those gaps to build mastery before

moving on to new material. Students

have scheduled times to log in to

iPass on a daily basis. The iPass

system keeps track of results and

reports them to the teacher on

demand. Stakeholders such as

administrators, teachers, and parents

use the reports found in iPass to

monitor student growth.

8.Will the decisions of your primary No Data will drive the evaluation.

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stakeholders be made exclusively on

other bases and be uninfluenced by

the evaluation data?

Interviews from stakeholders will also

be noted, but will not serve as the

primary influences on the evaluation.

The information gathered from the

evaluation will illustrate the impact of

iPass on student performance.

9.Is it likely that the evaluation will

provide dependable information?

Yes The information provided by the

evaluation will be solid because the

evaluation is being conducted using

past performance data. Comparing

the results to past performance data

in math, the evaluation will confirm

that iPass has an impact on student

achievement tests in mathematics.

10.Is the evaluation likely to meet

acceptable standards of propriety?

Yes Student achievement is a priority for

all administrators. The reason for

evaluations in the educational system

is to ensure the success of students.

The iPass program is customized to

assist students in mastering math

content per grade level and to ensure

their success on the CRCT. The

evaluation of the IPASS program is

to assist the effectiveness of the

program in deciding what is best forthe students.