Program Evaluation Kit

Joan L. Herman is Director of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Her research has explored the effects of accountability and assessment on schools and teachers and the design of assessment systems to support school planning and instructional improvement. Her recent work has focused on the quality and consequences of teachers' formative assessment practices. She also has wide experience as an evaluator of school reform. Dr. Herman is noted in bridging research, and practice, particularly in applications serving English Language Learners and at-risk students. Among her books are Tracking Your School's Success: A Guide to Sensible School-Based Evaluation; and A Practical Guide to Alternative Assessment, both of which have been popular resources for schools across the country. A former teacher and school board member, Dr. Herman is an elected AERA fellow, has published extensively in research journals and is a frequent advisor to prominent national and state research and development initiatives, including repeated service to the National Academy. She is past president of the California Educational Research Association; has held a variety of leadership positions in the American Educational Research Association, National Organization of Research Centers, and Knowledge Alliance; chairs the Para Los Ninos school board, and is current editor of the research journal, Educational Assessment.

VOLUME 1. Evaluator's Handbook - Joan L Herman, Lynn Lyons Morris and Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon 160 pages, 8039-3126-3, #12.95 VOLUME 2. How To Focus an Evaluation - Brian M Stecher and W Alan Davis 96 pages, 8039-3127-1, #8.95 VOLUME 3. How To Design a Program Evaluation - Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon and Lynn Lyons Morris 168 pages, 8039-3128-3, #9.95 VOLUME 4. How to Use Qualitative Methods in Evaluation - Michael Quinn Patton 176 pages, 8039-3129-8, #9.95 VOLUME 5. How to Assess Program Implementation - Jean A King, Lynn Lyons Morris and Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon 136 pages, 8039-3130-1, #9.95 VOLUME 6. How To Measure Attitudes - Marlene E Henerson, Lynn Lyons Morris and Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon 184 pages, 8039-3131-X, #9.95 VOLUME 7. How To Measure Performance and Use Tests - Lynn Lyons Morris, Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon and Elaine Lindheim 176 pages, 8039-3132-8, #9.95 VOLUME 8. How to Analyze Data - Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon and Lynn Lyons Morris 152 pages, 8039-3133-6, #12.95 VOLUME 9. How To Communicate Evaluation Findings - Lynn Lyons Morris, Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon and Marie E Freeman 64 pages, 8039-3134-4, #9.95