Evaluating Professional Development

by Thomas R. Guskey, Dennis Sparks

This is a practical guide to evaluating professional development programs at five increasing levels of sophistication: participants' reaction to professional development; how much participants learned; evaluating organizational support and change; how participants use their new knowledge and skills; and improvements in student learning.

Genres: Education, School, Leadership, Professional Development

328 pages, Hardcover

First published November 18, 1999

Reviews

[Abi SF · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for my Masters.
A really well structured, clear and cohesive evaluative process used to explore the effectiveness of CPD.
Well supported, balanced and presented. This will be very helpful for my MA in Ed.

[June Gothberg (Dr. G) · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very user friendly book to guide evaluation efforts at the state and local level. I use an adapted version of this weekly.

[Élisabeth Léger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was fully inspired by Guskey’s suggestions and models. Also look into N. Gaudreau/ Trépanier & Daigle’s model.

[Carlene Walter · Rating 4 out of 5]

The power of thinking in terms of the five evaluation levels is engaging teachers in the planning of professional development activities. Guskey describes the process for "working backwards" from Level 5 "the student learning outcomes that you want to achieve" and through each successive level to "what set of experiences will enable participants to acquire the needed knowledge and skills (Level 1)