Guidelines for Evaluating Professional Development Programs

Guskey and Roy (1995) suggest the following guidelines for evaluating professional development programs:

• "Evaluation should be ongoing.

• Evaluation expectations and procedures should be explicit and public.

• Evaluation should be informed by multiple sources of data.

• Evaluation should use both quantitative and qualitative data.

• Evaluation should focus on all levels of the organization.

• Evaluation should be considerate of participants' time and energy.

• Evaluation results should be presented in forms that can be understood by all program participants and patrons."

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