STAKES CONGRUENCY-CONTINGENCY EVALUTION MODEL

Robert Stake (1975) claimed that curriculum evaluation is not complete unless three
categories of data are made available. These categories of data are:
1. Antecedents include data on students and teachers, the curriculum to be
evaluated, and the community context
2. Transactions include time allotment, sequence of steps, social climate, and
community flow
3. Outcomes- encompass students learning in the form of understandings, skills,
and values or attitudes, as well as the effects of the curriculum on the teachers,
students, and the school

The data gathered will provide the necessary information for the evaluation process.
The term congruency refers to the degree of alignment between what was desired and
what was actually achieved. Contingency refers to the relationship between one
variable and another; for example, between the curriculum and the community context.