Introduction The assessment system assessors and staff should work together with the evaluation working group to determine the priority and feasibility of the evaluation questions and identify the uses of results before designing the evaluation plan. In this part of the plan, you will apply the purposes of the evaluation, its uses, and the assessment system description to narrow the evaluation questions and focus the evaluation for program improvement and decision making. In this step, you may begin to notice the iterative process of developing the evaluation plan as you revisit aspects of previous steps to inform decisions to be made later. Developing the plan An evaluation plan is a written document that describes how you will monitor and evaluate your assessment system, so that you will be able to describe the the and “What,” “How,” the It Matters” for the system. The reflects the description and “Why “What” accomplishments of the system. Your plan serves to clarify the assessment system’s purpose, anticipated expectations, and outcomes. The answers the question, “How” “How did you do it?” and assesses how the system is being implemented and if the system is operating with alignment to the system’s policies and procedures. Additionally, the “How” answers assessment system delivery corrections that should be made during implementation. The It Matters” represents how the system makes a difference to “Why the organisation as a whole. Being able to demonstrate that the assessment system has made a difference can be critical to its sustainability. An evaluation plan is similar to an assessment system work plan in that it is a roadmap and is used to guide the planning of
Introduction The assessment system assessors and staff should work together with the evaluation working group to determine the priority and feasibility of the evaluation questions and identify the uses of results before designing the evaluation plan. In this part of the plan, you will apply the purposes of the evaluation, its uses, and the assessment system description to narrow the evaluation questions and focus the evaluation for program improvement and decision making. In this step, you may begin to notice the iterative process of developing the evaluation plan as you revisit aspects of previous steps to inform decisions to be made later. Developing the plan An evaluation plan is a written document that describes how you will monitor and evaluate your assessment system, so that you will be able to describe the “What,” the “How,” and the “Why It Matters” for the system. The “What” reflects the description and accomplishments of the system. Your plan serves to clarify the assessment system’s purpose, anticipated expectations, and outcomes. The “How” answers the question, “How did you do it?” and assesses how the system is being implemented and if the system is operating with alignment to the system’s policies and procedures. Additionally, the “How” answers assessment system delivery corrections that should be made during implementation. The “Why It Matters” represents how the system makes a difference to the organisation as a whole. Being able to demonstrate that the assessment system has made a difference can be critical to its sustainability. An evaluation plan is similar to an assessment system work plan in that it is a roadmap and is used to guide the planning of
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