April 14, 2026 | Moriah Taft
Data Collection for Evaluating Industry Partnerships
At the 2024 ATE PI Conference, I found myself in a small but crowded room for a workshop on the links between...
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April 2, 2026 | Dr. Angelika Gulbis, Dr. Lauren McClain
Maximizing Your ATE Program’s Evaluation for Greater Impact
If you’re leading an NSF-funded Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, evaluation is more than a funding requirement—it’s a powerful tool that can...
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March 17, 2026 | Mr. Talbot Bielefeldt
Using Standards in Evaluation
In my area of work, educational evaluation, standards refer to desired behaviors, skills, or measurable knowledge. I like standards. If I disagree...
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March 4, 2026 | Regina Wheeler
Building a Strong ATE Evaluation Plan
At Pacific Research and Evaluation, a key strategy to ensure a successful ATE evaluation throughout the life of the grant is to...
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February 25, 2026 | Dr. Namrata Patel
Leading Logic Model Development Sessions
A logic model is a visual tool that shows how a program is designed to work, outlining the relationships among resources, activities,...
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February 18, 2026 | Kirk Knestis
Can “Peopling Skills” Help Manage Evaluation Scope Creep?
Let’s revisit evaluation scope creep – meaning a project growing out of the evaluator’s control. This post expands on a 2019 EvaluATE...
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