Pilot Testing, Monitoring and Evaluating the

Implementation of Curriculum

Whenever a curriculum is written as in books, course manuals, modules or the whole curricular program, there is a need to have a try-out or field testing. This process will gather empirical data to support whether the material or the curriculum is useful, relevant, reliable and valid.

Pilot Testing or Field Try-out

Monitoring is a periodic assessment and adjustment during the try-out period. It is like formative evaluation.

Curriculum Monitoring

Curriculum evaluation as part of total educational evaluation refers to a systematic process of judging the value, effectiveness and adequacy of a curriculum. Evaluation should be useful and systematic. The information gathered should be important for the improvement of and for final judgment of the curriculum being evaluated.

Curriculum Evaluation

In practice, there are two ways of curriculum evaluation

1. School-based evaluation2. Accreditation

- is an approach to curriculum evaluation which places the content, design, operation and maintenance of evaluation procedure in the hands of the school personnel. The school personnel participate in the planning and conduct of school evaluation where the control and management of the process rest on the school personnel themselves.

School-Based Evaluation

This is a voluntary process of submitting a curricular program to an external accrediting body for review in any level of education: basic, tertiary or graduate school to assure standard. Accreditation studies the statement of the educational intentions of the school and affirms a standard of excellence.

Accreditation

1. Curriculum and Program Studies2. Classroom Management3. Instructional Processes or Methodologies4. Graduation Requirements5. Administrative Support for Effective Instruction6. Evaluation of Academic Performance of Students

Areas of Accreditation under Curriculum and Instruction

Program of studies includes the clusters of knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and experiences that will provide the students at any level with the necessary competencies for effective learning. A list of subjects or courses to be taken and arrange in logical order compose the program of studies.

Curriculum and Program of Studies

The teacher who implements the curriculum sees to it that management of teaching and learning in the classroom follows procedure and guidance to enhance and create an environment conducive to learning. An environment conducive to learning considers the physical as well as the human factors.

Classroom Management

The decision of choosing and using the method of teaching is a crucial factor in curriculum and instruction. There are varied methodologies that are compatible with the different learning style of the students. These emerging strategies of teaching follow principles and theories that enhance learning outcomes.

Instructional Processes or Methodologies

Graduation means successful accomplishment of the curricular program of studies. A student has to accomplish its academic program as prescribed in the program of studies. These requirements are clearly understood upon enrollment in college by the students and by the parents for students in the elementary or high school. The grade requirements of each subjects should be known.

Graduation Requirements

A curriculum can be best implemented if there is support of the school administration.

Administrative Support for Effective Instruction

In curriculum, it is necessary that learning outcomes be evaluated. After all the best measure of a curriculum is the learning outcome of the students.

The evaluation of students’ performance should make use of valid and reliable tools which are periodically reviewed and revised.

Evaluation of Academic PerformanceOf Students