Evaluate Your Success
Process Evaluation
Outcome Evaluation
Now that you have started the program, you can use the next set of resources to track your progress and make adjustments. You will also find tools to perform outcome evaluations to measure the overall success of your program implementation.
Process EvaluationProcess evaluation lets you document steps taken to meet program implementation goals and provides practical benchmarks for staff and administrators. Information from this kind of evaluation can assist schools in identifying areas for further training and support.
Examples of measures of implementation for a process evaluation include:
- Number of adults in a school/agency who receive training in a program.
- Number of children who participate in a program.
- How many lessons children receive, and how often.
- Ways that a teacher encourages use of skills outside lessons.
- Ways that a school/agency encourages use of skills.
- Ways that a school involves parents with a program.
- Sources of support for teachers delivering lessons.
- Administrative support for the program.
Process Evaluation and Implementation Tools
General-Use Tools
Mid-stream Implementation Assessment
This activity helps you "take the pulse" of how program implementation is going in your school or agency.
SECOND STEP Tools
Social-Emotional Learning Checklist (PDF)
SECOND STEP Implementation Checklist (PDF)
Lesson-Completion Record (PDF)
Student Satisfaction Survey (PDF)
Teacher Follow-Up Survey (PDF)
STEPS TO RESPECT Tools
Social-Emotional Learning Checklist (PDF)
Steps to Respect Implementation Checklist (PDF)
Lesson-Tracking Charts (2001 edition) (PDF)
Staff Preparedness Survey (PDF)
Year-End Staff Survey (PDF)
Outcome Evaluation
Outcome evaluation aids in determining whether program outcomes have been achieved. In the short term, outcome evaluation-along with process evaluation-informs program improvement. In the long term, outcome evaluation provides information for decision making regarding future programming needs. To develop an efficient and useful outcome evaluation, you should carefully consider:
- Outcomes for evaluation.
- Outcome indicators.
- Data collection methods.
- Data collection arrangements.
- Data analysis procedures.
- Data interpretation procedures.
- Reporting methods.
- Use of evaluation results.
Outcome Evaluation and Implementation Tools
General-Use Tools
Using Discipline Referral Data (PDF)
This article provides guidance in designing a discipline-referral form and outlines data-analysis procedures and interpretation. It can be used in needs assessment and outcome evaluation for both the SECONDSTEP and STEPS TO RESPECT programs.
SECOND STEP Tools
Knowledge Assessments
These tests are tailored to the SECOND STEP lessons taught at the specific grade level. They are designed to assess changes in children's knowledge about empathy, problem solving, management of strong emotions, and ways to respond to problematic situations with peers.
Attitude Survey for Middle School Students (PDF)
A 16-page, in-depth pre-and-post evaluation tool
STEPS TO RESPECT Tools
Student Experience Survey (PDF)
A 16-page, in-depth pre-and-post evaluation tool