Business Action Item |
DATE: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The grant requires that an external evaluator be utilized for the evaluation of the project. An Agreement for Technical Services has been developed with Bellwether Consulting LLC. Bethany Bell (Ph.D., MPH) is the president of Bellwether Consulting. Bellwether Consulting has conducted numerous evaluations for Hillsborough County Public Schools, including the Nonpublic Title I Program Review portions of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) evaluation, and the 21st Century Community Learning Centers SAFE-T-NET Program Evaluation. Bellwether Consulting has worked for the Pinellas County Public School District Monitoring Advisory Committee, and as a contract evaluator for the Stavros Center for Economic Education, Polk County Public Schools and Pinellas County Public Schools.
The duties of the provider will be to gather quantitative and qualitative data to assess the project. The provider will communicate regularly with the Department of Assessment and Accountability and project leaders, and provide research-based assistance in suggesting possible programmatic changes as warranted. The provider will document community focus group meetings and conduct stakeholder surveys. The evaluation will provide formative feedback to the Project Manager and the Analytics Team to allow for data-driven changes to occur. The provider will complete designated portions of the Annual Performance Report and will provide quarterly and annual formative evaluation reports to the Project Manager, the Department of Assessment and Accountability, and the district.All students in every district middle school will participate. The provider will follow the evaluation standards established by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation adopted by the American Evaluation Association (AEA).ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)
EVALUATION
SUBMITTED BY: Samuel R. Whitten, Assistant Director, Assessment and Accountability
David J. Steele, Ph.D.
Chief Information and Technology Officer and Project Director, Empowering Effective Teachers Grant (813) 272-4600 |
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
A 5.08 | |
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20100420_398 * Section A Item# 5.08 |