1. The process of determining whether the philosophy, goals, and objectives of the program have been met is called
evaluation.
a. True
b. False
2. Qualitative evaluation is defined as an evaluation approach involving the use of analysis of numerical data and
measurement.
a. True
b. False
3. Validity refers to the extent to which any evaluation technique yields results that are accurate and consistent over
time.
a. True
b. False
4. Teachers have found it useful to use rubrics to assess children’s level of functioning, staff performance, curriculum,
or program standards.
a. True
b. False
5. Evaluation is conducted for which of the following purposes?
a. To determine an individual child‘s progress toward learning goals
b. To determine an individual teacher’s effectiveness in the classroom
c. To determine the quality and effectiveness of a program or process
d. To diagnose a child with learning disabilities
6. When you receive the results of an evaluation of your classroom, which of the following should you ask yourself
first?
a. What did the children do wrong?
b. What did I do ineffectively?
c. What does this data mean?
d. What changes can I make right away?
7. You have received the results of an evaluation of your classroom. The children in your classroom performed below
expectations. Which of the following is the appropriate first next step?
a. Attempt to determine if might have influenced the results, factors such as unclear learning objectives or
inattention due to insufficient outdoor play time on the day of the evaluation
b. Completely redesign your classroom learning centers because the current design is clearly ineffective
c. Engage the children in drill and practice until they have mastered the learning objective in question
d. Redo all your lesson and activity plans for the next month in order to make them more effective
8. An effective piece of documentation does all but which of the following?
a. Records information in a systematic fashion
b. Tells the story of the activity being evaluated
c. Identifies action items and areas of strength
d. Tells the purpose of an event or activity being evaluated
9. What questions should you ask before starting the evaluation process to determine the focus and scope of your
evaluation?
10. What are some examples of key terms related to evaluation and documentation?
11. What are some methods for interpreting and using evaluation results?
12. Describe the who, what, where, when, how and why method of documentation.
