The Data Management, Evaluation, and Accountability Component

The Data Management, Evaluation, and Accountability Component focuses on actively evaluating, formatively and summatively, the status and progress of students' academic and behavioral mastery of skills and concepts.  In addition, other evaluations track the impact of Project ACHIEVE relative staff, school, and community outcomes.  More specifically, formative and summative data are collected to validate the impact of (a) the school's strategic planning and school improvement efforts; (b) its professional development and capacity-building efforts relative to the staff; (c) the effective implementation of academic and behavioral curricula and, when needed, classroom-based accommodations; and (d) its effectiveness relative to the functional assessment, strategic intervention, and response-to-intervention services for students not making appropriate academic and behavioral progress. 

Project  ACHIEVE Outcomes for this Component:

• Analyses of Pre-Existing Student, Staff, and School Outcome Data
• Identification of Needed Formative and Summative Evaluation Data, Protocols, and Data Collection Tools and Approaches
• Training and Implementation of Project ACHIEVE Data Collection Systems
• Consultation Support in the Analysis and Interpretation of Collected Data
• Transfer of Outcomes and their Implications into the Strategic Planning Process and Goals and Activities for the New Year
• Completion of Annual Summative Evaluation Reports

Project ACHIEVE's Evaluation Targets

During the early stages of Project ACHIEVE planning and at the beginning of its implementation, decisions are made as to how different goals, objectives, activities, and outcomes will be evaluated.  In general, Project ACHIEVE designs evaluation approaches in the following five outcome areas:

• Evaluations of School-Level Outcomes
• Evaluations of Staff-Level/Professional Development Outcomes
• Evaluations of Student-Level Outcomes
• Evaluations of Treatment or Implementation Integrity Outcomes
• Evaluations of Project ACHIEVE Satisfaction and Service Outcomes

Examples of Project ACHIEVE Evaluation Outcomes:

Student:

• Academic Achievement
• Academic Engagement in the Classroom
• Discipline Referrals to the Principal's Office
• Suspension/Expulsion
  Attendance
• Special Education Referrals/Placements
• Grade Retention/Promotion
• High School Graduation (Regular Diploma)
• Special Education:
  • Least Restrictive Environment Placements
  • AYP
  • Graduation/Drop-Out
  • Due Process Litigation
  • Disproportionality
• SPRINT/Early Intervention Success (Academic and Behavioral)
• Independent Learning and Self-Management
• Self-Efficacy and Evidence of Protective Factors 

School:

• Positive and Safe School Environments
• Parent Involvement and Community Support
• Staff Satisfaction and Collaboration
• Completion of School Improvement Plan Goals
• ESEA and IDEA Success
• Increased Building Capacity--Professional Development Success and Instructional and Intervention Autonomy