The resources and tools below, developed by the FAS4ATE project, are intended for anyone who is involved in conducting and evaluating professional development activities, including PIs, co-PIs, and evaluators.
These slides are from a presentation by Erika Sturgis and Megan Zelinsky for the 2022 Michigan Association for Evaluation Conference.
Often professional development projects skip assessments because participants don’t want to take tests. However, assessment done well is integral to participant learning...
Do you have questions about evaluation? Like, what is it? Why is it required for projects funded by the National Science Foundation? How much does it cost? Who can do it? What does an evaluation look like? How can evaluation help me and my project?
As a new ATE PI, I never made the connection between the ATE Survey, the project evaluations, and my annual report. They...
There are no stupid questions, but some questions are better than others when it comes to framing evaluations. The best evaluation questions...
Values play an important role in evaluation. By values, I mean not just the value or merit of a project, but also...
Race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, class, language, mental health – these characteristics and others make for complex...
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