Designed for ATE Principal Investigators and ATE project staff who are preparing to complete the 2026 ATE Survey. EvaluATE staff will walk you through the survey questions and format and answer your questions. Participants who have previously completed the survey are welcome to share lessons learned and practical advice.
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Evaluation questions are the foundation for learning, decision-making, and accountability. In this community conversation, we invite participants to bring evaluation questions from their own work to share and discuss together, including what’s working, what’s challenging, and what they are hoping to clarify or improve.
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This community conversation centers on real-world experiences with evaluation planning. Members of the community will share how they make evaluation plans workable, flexible, and aligned with project capacity. Together, we will reflect on common challenges, useful adjustments, and lessons learned that strengthen evaluation planning and better support projects.
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ATE evaluators and project team leaders will share how they make evaluation decisions that balance rigor with feasibility. Participants will discuss choices around methods, data collection, and analysis while working within real constraints of time, staffing, and resources. The conversation will highlight practical decision-making, thoughtful tradeoffs, and approaches that help keep evaluation both useful and sustainable in real project contexts.
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We welcome anyone interested in evaluation to attend.
All participants are encouraged to have their webcams on.
We ask that all participants take part in the conversation.
Plan to meet some new people to add to your network.
Community conversations are discussions on evaluation—of course they're fun!
EvaluATE is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 2332143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this site are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.