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Evaluating Creativity in the Context of STEAM Education

At The Findings Group, we are assessing a National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 project that gives students an opportunity to learn...

Course Improvement Through Evaluation: Improving Undergraduate STEM Majors’ Capacity for Delivering Inquiry-Based Mathematics and Science Lessons

One of the goals of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) UTeach program is to produce mathematics and science teachers who not only...

ATE PI 2016- A Practical Approach to Outcome Evaluation: Step-by-Step

ATE PI 2016 Workshop- A Practical Approach to Outcome Evaluation: Step-by-Step

Possible Selves: A Way to Assess Identity and Career Aspirations

Children are often asked the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Many of us evaluate programs where...

Six Data Cleaning Checks

Data cleaning is the process of verifying and editing data files to address issues of inconsistency and missing information. Errors in data...

How Real-time Evaluation Can Increase the Utility of Evaluation Findings

Evaluations are most useful when evaluators make relevant findings available to project partners at key decision-making moments. One approach to increasing the...

Articulating Intended Outcomes Using Logic Models: The Roles Evaluators Play

Articulating project outcomes is easier said than done. A well-articulated outcome is one that is feasible to achieve within the project period,...

Student Learning Assessments: Issues of Validity and Reliability

In my last post, I talked about the difference between program evaluation and student assessment. I also touched on using existing assessments...