Step #4

Task Force Meets to Evaluate Evidence

The task force has several important responsibilities related to curriculum evaluation.

Complete the Expert Curriculum Evaluation Survey independently of the consultant. The task force may complete this survey as a group or as individuals. Because of the varying expertise of members of the task force, there may be some questions in the survey that certain individuals are not qualified to answer.
Conduct an overall evaluation of the physical education curriculum in use by the school system. Evidence to be considered includes the curriculum documents compiled in Step #2, the report written by the external consultant in Step #3, and the Expert Curriculum Evaluation Survey completed by the task force. This review usually requires several meetings where evaluation data are received, discussed, and debated. The goal of these meetings is to achieve consensus about the quality of the physical education curriculum.
Write a consensus report that includes strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum, as well as recommendations for improvement. The task force report should clearly describe the evaluation procedures used by the task force and should list all persons who contributed to the report. The task force report may be written by a volunteer member of the task force or a designated person such as the responsible administrator or consultant. The report is subsequently disseminated to all members of the task force, who review the content for accuracy and offer editorial suggestions. The opportunity for review and edits may occur at a meeting called for that purpose (preferred), or the process may be conducted via mail.
Help to communicate and disseminate information from the task force to the physical education faculty and community stakeholders. The task force members are selected on the basis of their expertise and respect from their peers, so they are in a good position to help educate others about the physical education curriculum and the evaluation data.