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A Program Evaluation: Implementing A Dual Language Immersion Program, Jennifer Hall

Doctor of Education Dissertations

The research study evaluated the implementation of a kindergarten Spanish dual language immersion program (DLI) using Stufflebeam’s (2003) context, input, process, and product (CIPP) model of program evaluation. The study aimed to determine specific strategies to best implement a learning initiative not just in a stable year but also in a time of duress such as COVID-19. Interviews with the superintendent, chief academic officer, director of global studies, principal, teacher, and teacher assistant and head of household surveys informed the following research questions.

1. Context: What factors were considered when the district implemented the DLI program?
2. Input: What specific resources were …