Collecting and Displaying Needs Assessment Data
Table 8.2 is a useful way of summarizing and presenting needs assessment data. Note that, as suggested throughout, you ensure that there is always alignment among Mega, Macro, and Micro.
Take the following steps to summarize and present needs assessment data using the Needs Assessment Summary Format:
1. Collect the needs (gaps in results) data and enter it into the Needs Assessment Summary Format. Then for each, confirm that:
a. Each stated need identifies a need as a gap in results, then
b. For each process or resources-referenced statement in column 2 (that some people might at first mislabel as a “need”), ask “If we were successful at this, what would be the result?” Thus, convert any quasi-need ...
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