Evaluation: Goal-Setting in Microschools

Title and Organization

The goal-setting process for students from instructors’ perspectives, for Prenda charter microschools

Date

January 2021 – April 2021

Problem

Evaluate and make recommendations on changes and improvements to the goal-setting system Prenda’s guides (instructors) and students use track and motivate student learning.

My Role

Evaluator – Team of Five
I conducted interviews, wrote report sections, and compiled the report and presentation for our client.

Solution

We surveyed, interviewed guides, and evaluated the interface for student goal-setting and compiled our findings into a report, presented to the company.

Evaluation and Design Strategies

We planned the overall evaluation to include usability and accessibility evaluations as well as research methods for interviewing and conducting surveys.

Results

We recommended Prenda create a more user-friendly system, add in more flexibility, add an improved method for younger students to set goals, and a goal-setting method better aligned with outcomes in learning writing. Our client was pleased with the report and found the recommendations to be useful. 

Evaluation Gallery

What are guides' current perceptions of the goal-setting process for learners participating in Prenda?

Prenda Eval Question

We asked instructors teaching in microschools to evaluate the goal-setting process for their students

Table of contents: executive summary, background and context, methodology, findings, conclusions and recommendations, limitations, appendices

Evaluation report table of contents

Table of contents showing all parts included in the client report

Executive Summary

Summary of our process and methodology

Recommendations: Visable goal tracking, ease of usability, goal flexibility, process for younger learners and enabling writing goals.

Findings & Recommendations

Key findings and recommendations to the client after the evaluation

View Evaluation Report