1. John H. Schuh Iowa State University Presenting Your Results

2. Stakeholders in Assessment Policymakers and decision makers Program sponsors Evaluation sponsors Target Participants Program Managers Program staff Program competitors Contextual stakeholders FR: Rossi, Freeman & Lipsey. (1999). Evaluation: A systematic approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

3. Rules for Using Assessment Results Rule 1: Determine the confidentiality of the study Rule 2: Determine who should be involved Rule 3: Conduct a good study Rule 4: Write a good report Rule 5: Development and implement a dissemination plan Rule 6: Develop a plan for using the report Rule 7: Acknowledge limitations

4. Steps in Writing a Good Report 1. Determine the audience 2. Determine appropriate format(s) Executive summary Short report Targeted supplemental reports Full report

5. Steps in Writing a Good Report 3. Include important components >Meaningful title >Executive summary >Statement of purpose >Design >Results >Recommendations >Limitations 4. Keep the report interesting and readable 5. Anticipate possible controversial reactions

6. Helpful Hints Ô Keep the report short Ô Use graphics Ô Use charts and figures Ô Be sure to include recommendations for practice

7. Checking Your Penultimate Draft Have you put the title, your name, the date and other information on the title page? Are all the pages there? Are they numbered consecutively? Are the sections numbered consecutively? Have you checked for spelling and grammatical errors? Have you allowed adequate margins and double spaced the text? Are all the materials referred to in the text listed in the references and vice versa? Have you checked the details of your references? Have you checked to make sure your style is correct? FR: Blaxter, Hughes & Tight. (1996). How to research. Philadelphia” Open University Press.

8. Conducting Briefings Identify presenter and assistant Be familiar with the equipment Check all equipment to make sure it works Make sure you have internet capability, if needed Use a ratio of 1:2 for presentation/questions Practice

9. Conducting Briefings Be –Informative –Understandable –True to life –Professional –Balanced –Avoid jargon, acronyms or other forms of language that the audience will not understand

10. Conducting Briefings Have enough handouts Speak up If you don’t know an answer, admit it Have the assistant handle technical problems The size of the audience will determine when to take questions