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Communication Platforms for Data Collection & Stakeholder Engagement

This 2020 guide provides an overview of online platforms for data collection and stakeholder engagement.

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July 22, 2020 | David Reider

Shift to Remote Online Work: Assets to Consider

I’m the principal partner of Education Design in Boston, focusing on STEM program evaluation. I first engaged in online instruction and design...

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July 8, 2020 | David Keyes

Data Cleaning Tips in R*

I recently came across a set of data cleaning tips in Excel from EvaluATE, which provides support for people looking to improve their evaluation practice....

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June 10, 2020 | George Chitiyo

Improving the Quality of Evaluation Data from Participants

I have had experience evaluating a number of ATE projects, all of them collaborative projects among several four-year and two-year community colleges....

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May 13, 2020 | Laura Waldman

Building Capacity for High-Quality Data Collection

As I, like everyone else, am adjusting to working at home and practicing social distancing, I have been thinking about how to...

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April 2, 2020 | Faye R. Jones, Marcia A. Mardis

Backtracking Alumni: Using Institutional Research and Reflective Inquiry to Improve Organizational Learning

In a recent blog post, we shared practical tips for developing an alumni tracking program to assess students’ employment outcomes. Alumni tracking is an effective tool for assessing the quality...

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