Illinois ASPIRE EvaluationPROJECT EVALUATIONThe evaluation of Illinois ASPIRE occurs at multiple levels: school, district, regional and state. The overall project evaluation is coordinated through the Center for School Evaluation, Intervention and Training (CSEIT) at Loyola University Chicago, in conjunction with evaluation staff within each of the ASPIRE regions. The project evaluation plan emphasizes a two-dimensional axis of processes versus levels of performance. There are three main processes of interest: 1) systems in place, 2) practices and 3) outcomes (data). There are four levels of performance resulting from the professional development delivered through the project: 1) training, 2) implementation, 3) sustainability and 4) impact on outcomes. Therefore, evaluation efforts focus on addressing the following questions, which serve as the framework to determine the effectiveness of the process being evaluated:
E1. If people are trained, do they implement? E2. If people implement, do they implement with fidelity? E3. If people implement with fidelity, do they sustain the practice(s)? E4. If they sustain the practice(s), what is the impact on student outcomes (school, group, individual)? Further details of the Illinois ASPIRE evaluation, including evaluation tools and annual evaluation reports, are available on the CSEIT website (http://www.luc.edu/cseit/aspire.shtml). |