• Technical Assistance Manual on Strengthing Accountability Plans
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• Evaluation Component


• Methods for the Evaluation Component


• Technical Assistance Component


• Methods for the Technical Assistance Component


• Capabilities and Related Experiences of the Evaluation Team


• Evaluation Team


• Resources


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This project has two separate, but interrelated components.  The first component, a technical assistance project, deals with strengthening the accountability plans of the participating community schools as well as developing their capacity to use evaluation to improve their operations and instruction.  The second component evaluates the participating schools and addresses a variety of research questions related to the community schools as well as the impact they are having on local public schools and their local communities.

Since the charter school initiative is relatively new in Ohio, the project will be primarily descriptive in nature rather than value-judging.  The purpose of formative evaluation is to provide information to improve the charter schools by assessing ongoing activities and to learn from problems in the establishment and development of the schools.  This type of evaluation should be conducted continuously throughout the duration of a school’s existence.