Management, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2025
Practical Project Management Tips for Evaluators
Project management can be one of the many hats that evaluators wear. Often, it’s assumed to be part of an evaluator’s skill...
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Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2025
Using Student Survey and Placement Data in (cue drums) The Real World
VARIED ANNOUNCER VOICES: This is the true story … of two institutions picked to work together on a grant … and have...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2025
Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus: Singing the Songs of Evaluation Data
Growing up, I spent hours riding around in my parents’ car with the radio tuned to “Oldies 98,” pumping out the sweet...
Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2025
Measuring Complex Constructs in Evaluation Contexts
Complex constructs that represent thoughts (e.g., attitudes) or multifaceted skills (e.g., creativity) are difficult to measure in applied evaluation contexts, such as...
None | Blog Post
2024
Meet an Evaluator – Q&A with Leressa Suber
In your view, what makes a successful evaluation? It is tempting to say that a successful evaluation is one that meets all...
None | Blog Post
2024
Meet an Evaluator – Q&A with Celeste Winston
In your view, what makes a successful evaluation? The most impactful evaluations help a project team achieve significant, concrete results. To do...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2024
Data Storytelling Leads to More Relevant, Usable Reports
Data storytelling is a novel way of communicating evaluation findings and recommendations in an engaging manner without overwhelming one’s audience. This approach...
Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2024
The Space Between Research and Evaluation
At the end of the 2023 ATE PI conference in Washington, DC, I found myself in a reflective mood. Perhaps I was...
Management, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2024
Steps for Communicating Evaluation Design to PIs
As ATE evaluators, our team engages with many new ATE PIs. To equip new clients for success, we initiate a prescriptive process...
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