- Introduction
- Step 1. Overview of VA
- Step 2. Deciding if VA Is a Good Fit
- Step 3. Supporting Successful Implementation
- Step 4. Evaluating and Improving
Now that your program has implemented virtual assessment (VA) for several months or even several years, it is time to ask how well it is working—for the program itself, for practitioners, and for families. Steps 3 and 4 form a continuous improvement cycle in which evaluation is used to improve implementation, followed by further evaluation and then more improvements. We have developed evaluation guidance to help programs answer questions such as:
- What is working well with our implementation of VA?
- What is not working well?
- How can we make VA more successful for practitioners and families?
Try out the tool: Evaluating and Improving Virtual Assessment
Resources
- Toolkit Resources for Implementation Evaluations – This toolkit includes easy-to-use resources on evaluation planning, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Program Evaluation Toolkit – This toolkit includes eight modules on the steps in an evaluation, including evaluation design, data quality, and data collection.
- The Program Manager’s Guide to Evaluation – This report contains eight chapters that walk through the steps in an evaluation, such as gathering credible evidence and analyzing data.
- Look! Think! Act! Using Data for Program Improvement – This is a multipart module for supporting program leaders in early intervention and early childhood special education in using data for program improvement.