Management, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2016
Three Tips for a Strong NSF Proposal Evaluation Plan
I’m Leslie Goodyear and I’m an evaluator who also served as a program officer for three years at the National Science Foundation...
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Data Collection & Analysis, Management | Blog Post
2016
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...
Data Collection & Analysis, Management | Blog Post
2016
Using Learning Assessments in Evaluations
If you need to evaluate your project, but get confused about whether there should be a student assessment component, it’s important to...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Management | Webinar
2016
Meeting Requirements, Exceeding Expectations: Understanding the Role of Evaluation in Federal Grants
External evaluation is a requirement of many federal grant programs. Understanding and addressing these requirements is essential for both successfully seeking grants...
Management, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2016
Evaluating for Sustainability: How can Evaluators Help?
Developing a functional strategy to sustain crucial program components is often overlooked by project staff implementing ATE-funded initiatives. At the same time,...
Management | Webinar
2016
Small Project Evaluation: Principles and Practices
An effective small project evaluation requires a clear-cut and feasible project plan, an evaluation plan that matches the project’s scope and purpose,...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Management | Blog Post
2016
Good Communication Is Everything!
I am new to the field of evaluation, and the most important thing that I learned in my first nine months is...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Management, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2016
Show Me a Story: Using Data Visualization to Communicate Evaluation Findings
It’s all too easy for our evaluation reports to become a lifeless pile of numbers that gather dust on a shelf. As...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Management, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2016
Strategic Knowledge Mapping: A New Tool for Visualizing and Using Evaluation Findings in STEM
A challenge to designing effective STEM programs is that they address very large, complex goals, such as increasing the numbers of underrepresented...
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