December 9, 2021 | Lyssa Wilson Becho
Increasing Evaluation Transparency through Positionality Statements
Values play an important role in evaluation. By values, I mean not just the value or merit of a project, but also...
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July 28, 2021 | Lyssa Wilson Becho, Megan Lopez, Valerie Marshall
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...
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September 2, 2020 | Lyssa Wilson Becho
Making the Most of Virtual Conferences: An Exercise in Evaluative Thinking
We at EvaluATE affectionately call the fall “conference season.” Both the ATE PI Conference and the American Evaluation Association’s annual conference usually...
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March 20, 2019 | Lyssa Wilson Becho, Emma Binder
Repackaging Evaluation Reports for Maximum Impact
Evaluation reports take a lot of time to produce and are packed full of valuable information. To get the most out of...
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February 7, 2019 | Lyssa Wilson Becho
Using Think-Alouds to Test the Validity of Survey Questions
Those who have spent time creating and analyzing surveys know that surveys are complex instruments that can yield misleading results when not...
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October 10, 2018 | Lyssa Wilson Becho, Kelly Robertson
Evaluation Plan Cheat Sheets: Using Evaluation Plan Summaries to Assist with Project Management
We are Kelly Robertson and Lyssa Wilson Becho, and we work on EvaluATE as well as several other projects at The Evaluation...
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