I understand that the afterschool program my child will attend will be evaluated by the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE The purpose of the evaluation study is to find out how well the program is working. What the WVDE learns from this study may help improve the program in the future. Later this school year, we would like to ask your child’s teacher about the amount of progress your child has made. Any information we would gather would be protected and your child would never be identified. The information provided would be combined with information from others and reported as a group. Allowing your child to take part in this study in the way just described will put your child at no more risk than he or she would experience during any normal day. Although your child may not benefit directly by being part of the study, it is possible that because of what we learn, the program may improve to better meet his or her needs or the needs of other students. Neither you nor your child will receive any money or other reward for taking part in this study. Allowing your child to be part of the study is completely voluntary. If you decide not to allow your child to be part of it, there will be no penalties or loss of benefits to you or your child.
To allow us to collect this information from your child’s teacher there is no action you need to take. Thank you!
If you do NOT want your child to be part of the study, just fill in the information below
and return this form to the afterschool program coordinator.