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Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts: Identifying Your Project’s Achievements and Supporting Evidence

Updated April 2019 for Throwback Thursday series. The deadline for proposals to the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program for this...

ATE PI 2015- Workshop: Mid-Life Project Evaluation: Setting the Stage for Continued Funding

Checklists for Evaluating K-12 and Credentialing Testing Programs

In 2012, we created two checklists for evaluators to use as a tool for evaluating K-12 and credentialing assessment programs. The purpose...

2 for 1: The Retrospective Pretest Method for Evaluating Training

The retrospective pretest method for evaluating professional development activities requires participants to rate their knowledge and abilities before and after a training...

Developing a Theory of Change for Your Innovation Project

Have you ever had to express a theory of change to convince funders that there’s a logical argument behind your innovation? Funders...

EvaluATE to the Rescue!

8 Resources to help with ATE proposal evaluation plans The EvaluATE team is busy preparing our proposal for a third round of...

Using a Systems Orientation in Your Evaluation

In my earlier blog about CLIPs (Communities of Learning, Inquiry, and Practice), I mentioned that we adapted the CLIPs process to focus...

Evaluation and Planning: Partners Through the Journey

Evaluation goes hand-in-hand with good planning—and so, good implementation. To plan well, you need to know the areas of priority needs (a...

Using Embedded Assessment to Understand Science Skills

As our field explores the impact of informal (and formal) science programs on learning and skill development, it is imperative that we...