| Session Title: Use Technology to Monitor Programs as They are Implemented: A Moodle and SAS Approach |
| Demonstration Session 344 to be held in San Simeon B on Thursday, Nov 3, 11:40 AM to 12:25 PM |
| Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Bo Yan, Blue Valley School District, byan@bluevalleyk12.org |
| Mike Slagle, Blue Valley School District, mslagle@bluevalleyk12.org |
| Abstract: Many districts adopt and implement intervention programs to help at-risk students. However, educators usually do not know whether a program works and issues exist in the program until evaluation at the end of implementation. To address this problem, we developed a data system that collects program implementation data using the database module of Moodle, and automatically and intelligently delivers alerts and reports to stakeholders using the SAS Business Intelligence framework. With the system, stakeholders receive alerts whenever issues occur in program implementation and reports about the effect of the program on a regular basis. In this session, we first introduce the concept of program monitoring and then demonstrate how we use this approach to monitor the gifted program and a math intervention program in our district. |