Evaluating for development: A strategy for the evaluation of curriculum change at the local level

Abstract

A strategy for the local evaluation of nationally initiated curriculum change provides the substance of the paper. Problems associated with the evaluation of categorically funded projects, particularly at the local level, are discussed and a framework which meets some of these concerns is outlined. The framework links policy formation to evaluation and a formative process in an attempt to embed such local evaluations within a developmental context. The framework can be used at the project, school and classroom levels and by the range of people involved in the initiative, e.g. teachers, evaluators, coordinators, advisers. A variety of framework patterns are also described. Although the framework was initially developed for the MSC's TVEI Evaluation Unit, it is applicable across the range of current curriculum development initiatives.