Systematic process to acquire an accurate, thorough picture of the strengths and weaknesses of a school community that can be used in response to the academic needs of all students for improving student achievement and meeting challenging academic standards. Process that collects and examines information about schoolwide issues and then utilizes that data to determine priority goals, to develop a plan, and to allocate funds and resources. Students, parents, teachers, administrators, and other community members should be included in gathering data.
Steps in Conducting Needs Assessments
1. Clarify the purpose of the needs assessment
What do you know? What do you think you know? What do you want to know?
Why are you doing needs assessment?
What are you trying to measure?
What will you do with the information you collect?
How will you report the information? Is it user friendly and easy to understand?
Are all interested groups included in planning and conducting the needs assessment?
Who will be responsible for the various steps?
2. Identify the population
Who Students, teachers, administrators, other school staff, parents, community members, volunteers, service providers
3. Determine how you will conduct the needs assessment
4. Design a survey instrument or adopt one that already exists.
Are the instruments easy to use?
Is the format easy to summarize and analyze?
5. Collect Data
Develop management system for collecting and organizing data
Determine baseline data
How do you plan to follow up with those not responding to the collection tools
Organize the data by key categories
Use data summary sheets to help determine patterns and make calculations easier
6. Analyze Data
What are the strengths?
What are the weaknesses?
7. Use the results---very important
Determine short and long term goals—use at least 3 data sources to justify each goal or target area
Develop a plan
Allocate resources
Summarize findings
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