Providing staff development services in assessment and evaluation

Providing parent training services in Title I and other topics

Providing services designed to link school and community resources

Planning for new IASA assessment and evaluation activities
(adequate yearly progress, multiple measures etc.)

Preparing the annual Title I targeted assistance school eligibility/
participant lists and schoolwide school needs assessment

Developing a Title I benchmark assessment program

Developing valid and reliable assessment instruments designed to evaluate the impact of Title I, II, IV and VI programs

Conducting IASA program evaluations
(schoolwide projects, Even Start, Reading Recovery, HOTS, Success for All etc.)

Developing a customized database and presentation graphics capability for meeting state and local reporting needs

Assisting district staff in utilizing assessment and evaluation data for required IASA program improvement applications

Assisting district staff to develop and disseminate results of the required IASA local annual progress review

Meeting new annual IASA (Title I, II, IV and VI) state evaluation reporting requirements

* To include: a team approach involving project staff and staff from M and E; the use of both process (formative) data for interim program improvement purposes, and performance (summative) data for annual program improvement purposes; the use of valid and reliable multiple measures for each program objective; the use of control or comparison groups to assess the impact of objectives related to student performance; and a longitudinal evaluation process.