Every curricular decision is made with great thought and care with the goal to provide our students with the best possible education. University School uses a variety of evaluation activities and processes to clarify, obtain, and provide useful information for judging decision alternatives. University School evaluation activities are classified into formative or summative evaluation. Activities include quantitative methods, as well as qualitative procedures. Triangulation is a method used in the University School evaluation process.
Triangulation means that information is solicited from a variety of sources and stakeholders.
Formative evaluation is the information that helps to shape and form the curriculum. It is the on-going, daily feedback that informs, strengthens, and molds the curriculum. Formative evaluation occurs continually between teachers and students, between teachers and administrators, and among teachers themselves. Our goal is to constantly monitor and improve the curriculum. There are many ways in which this is done.