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Leading Change Through Evaluation Kristen L. Rohanna

Leading Change Through Evaluation By Kristen L. Rohanna

Leading Change Through Evaluation by Kristen L. Rohanna

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Leading Change Through Evaluation: Improvement Science in Action by Kristen L. Rohanna

Evaluators who are interested in developing or improving a program or policy frequently look to formative evaluation as a guiding framework. This book shows why those hoping to use evaluation to drive change in complex systems, rather than develop or improve one program, policy, or product, need to shift from the oversimplified idea of formative evaluation to a more specified continuous improvement model grounded in improvement science. In doing so, author Kristen L. Rohanna provides guidance to both evaluators and others, such as K-12 educators or hospital administrators, who lead improvement initiatives in their organizations and seek to solve persistent problems of practice. The book includes an extended case study: a networked improvement community of five public middle and high schools.

Leading Change Through Evaluation Reviews

This is a very well-written, well-researched, practical text for future researchers. -- Bret D. Cormier
This book is an intimate, honest and real-world introduction to the use of formative evaluation practices for continuous improvement in a school system. The author's first-hand account provides actionable tools as well as demonstration of their application in practice. The book is both theoretical and applied, which makes it a useful handbook for those who are engaged in continuous improvement of complex systems. -- Dasha Shamrova
This text teaches change processes through an overarching case example, which makes the concepts more accessible and understandable as students see how things are actually applied. -- John B. Stark
This book provides an insightful journey from improvement science through complex system change. The case study presented allows readers to reflect on their own journeys in evaluation and change within the complex systems that we often dismiss. -- Wesley Wilson
This text uses real-life examples to apply theory and emphasize the important role of continuous improvement in public and nonprofit programs. -- Ryan Yeung

About Kristen L. Rohanna

Kristen Rohanna is a professor in the Educational Leadership Program and Social Research Methodology Division in the School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Rohanna's practice and research focus on using evaluative methods to effect social change, with a particular emphasis in the area of education. As such, she works closely with K-12 teachers and administrators to support their use of evaluation and improvement science methods. Before her time at UCLA, Rohanna was a Harvard Strategic Data Fellow and the Manager for Research and Evaluation at the San Jose Unified School District. Her education experience provided the context for her New Direction for Evaluation article: Breaking the Adopt, Attack, Abandon Cycle: A Case for Improvement Science in K-12 Education, about the potential power of continuous improvement methods and the challenges school leaders face when attempting to undertake these methods. Rohanna also has a forthcoming article in the American Journal of Evaluation about building the improvement science capacity of teachers. Rohanna has extensive program evaluation experience, including leading numerous program evaluations for the California Department of Education. Currently, she is leading a statewide evaluation of the 21st Century California School Leadership Academy. The initiative provides professional learning opportunities to K-12 education leaders, including equity-centered leadership and improvement science. Rohanna received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Pittsburgh and her Master of Arts degree in Demographic and Social Analysis from the University of California, Irvine. She received her Ph.D. in Social Research Methodology from UCLA.

Table of Contents

Series Editor Introduction Acknowledgments Foreword by Louis Gomez Preface About the Author Part 1 * Seeking Change in a Complex World Chapter 1 * What Do We Mean by Formative Evaluation? The Evolution of Formative Evaluation Continuous Improvement and Improvement Science Other Continuous Improvement Approaches Conclusion Chapter 2 * The Truth About Complex Systems Systems and Complexity Science Learning Your Way Through Problems Multiple and Inclusive Perspectives: The Need for Embracing Actors Within the System Building Capacity for Participatory Approaches Conclusion Part 2 * The Case Study Introducing the Case Study The Challenge Case Study Conceptual Framework Chapter 3 * The Beginnings of a Network Building the Network Hub Team Building the Rest of the Team Recruiting the Network Schools Launching the Network Our Own Challenge: Decision to Separate From the Larger Network Conclusion Chapter 4 * The Re-Launch Seeking the Counsel of Others Developing the Network's Theory of Improvement Taking Action Through PDSAs The Network's Outcome, End of Year 1 Conclusion Chapter 5 * A Tale of Two Visions - Building Individual Capacity The Math Instructional Vision (Subject Knowledge) The Vision for Building Improvement Science Capacity (Profound Knowledge) The Network's Initial Improvement Science Capacity The Two Visions Intersect Conclusion Chapter 6 * The Importance of Being Structured - Building Organizational Capacity Organizational Capacity Individual Versus Organizational Capacity Network Structures Conclusion Chapter 7 * Not All Learning Is Created Equal - Fostering Transformational Organizational Learning The Learnings Generated During Year 1 The Importance of Reflective Structures for Single- and Double-Loop Learning Intentionally Designing Activities to Foster Double-Loop Learning Conclusion Chapter 8 * Lessons and Reflections From a Case Study Lessons From Research and Practice: Findings From the Case Study Lessons From Continued Practice: Additional Reflections Bringing It All Together: Learning From Astronauts, Elephants, Einstein, and Teachers Moving Forward in a Complex World Appendix: Case Study Methodology Setting Case Study Design References Index

Additional information

NGR9781071847862
9781071847862
1071847864
Leading Change Through Evaluation: Improvement Science in Action by Kristen L. Rohanna
Kristen L. Rohanna
Evaluation in Practice Series
New
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
2022-02-02
176
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