An Evaluation of LitCamp in Schenectady City School District

Exhibit B1 Evaluation Questions

Evaluation Question

Data Sources

Focus and Analyses

1.  How did students’ reading knowledge change as a result of their exposure to LitCamp?

• Student demographics

Analysis of covariance models were used to assess change in student assessment outcomes, controlling for pre-LitCamp scores and student demographic characteristics. Analysis of covariance models were used to assess change in student outcomes, controlling for pre-LitCamp scores and student demographic characteristics. Descriptive analyses were used to assess teachers’ perceptions of change in students’ attitudes and reading behaviors. Focus group and interview data were analyzed qualitatively and synthesized across teachers or family members to provide more in-depth information around the effect of LitCamp on students. Descriptive analyses were used to assess teachers’ perceptions of the program and change in students’ attitudes and reading behaviors. Teacher focus group data were analyzed qualitatively to pull out key themes and contextual background.

• Student assessment scores

2.  How did students’ reading behaviors and attitudes toward reading change as a result of their exposure to LitCamp?

• Student demographics

• Student surveys

• Teacher surveys

• Teacher focus groups

• Student and parent interviews

• Teacher surveys

3.  How did teachers perceive LitCamp?

• Teacher focus groups

• Teacher surveys

4.  What did LitCamp

Classroom observation notes and teacher focus group data were analyzed qualitatively to pull out key themes and contextual background.

implementation look like in practice?

• Classroom observations

• Teacher focus groups

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