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July 28, 2021 | Lyssa Wilson Becho, Valerie Marshall, Megan Zelinski

Adapting Monitoring Surveys to Respond to and Engage a Community*

Hi! We are Val Marshall, Megan Zelinsky, and Lyssa Wilson Becho from EvaluATE, the evaluation hub for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. For over...

July 14, 2021 | Dakota Cintron, Erin Hagan

Checking our bias in “unbiased” research instruments: applying a diversity, equity and inclusion lens to instrument design*

We think of a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lens as the commitment to incorporate DEI principles and practices into the environments...

Next-Level Logic Models for Your ATE Proposal and Beyond

At its core, a logic model is a visual representation of a project’s activities and intended outcomes. But it’s much more than...

June 30, 2021 | Lori Wingate

How is an NSF project outcomes report different from a final annual report?

All NSF projects are required to submit a project outcomes report within 90 days of the grant’s expiration, along with a final...

June 16, 2021 | Jane Davidson

Evaluation That Seriously Gets to the Point and Conveys It Brilliantly

Evaluation, much as we love it, has a reputation among non-evaluators for being overly technical and academic, lost in the details, hard...

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