Planning and Design | Blog Post
2015
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...
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Planning and Design | Guide
2022
Essential ATE Evaluation Tasks
This document identifies and defines the essential tasks involved in planning and conducting an evaluation of a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project. ... The tasks convey what needs to be done in evaluation and, in most cases, why. They do not include details about how the work should be done.
Management | Blog Post
2015
Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned, Part I – Working with Your Evaluator
When I assumed the PI-ship of the Scenario-Based Learning Project in 2006, I had worked closely with the prior PI as the...
Data Collection & Analysis, Management | Blog Post
2017
Scavenging Evaluation Data
But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go...
Planning and Design | Blog Post
2015
ATE Small Project Evaluation
All ATE proposals, except for planning grants, are required to specify a budget line for an independent evaluator. But the solicitation offers...
Interpretation | Blog Post
2018
Measure What Matters: Time for Higher Education to Revisit This Important Lesson
If one accepts Peter Drucker’s premise that “what gets measured, gets managed,” then two things are apparent: measurement is valuable, but measuring...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Quality Review | Blog Post
2015
Get the Right People In!
The Formative Assessment Systems for ATE project (FAS4ATE) focuses on assessment practices that serve the ongoing evaluation needs of projects and centers....
Quality Review | Blog Post
2017
Addressing Challenges in Evaluating ATE Projects Targeting Outcomes for Educators
Kirk Knestis—CEO of Hezel Associates and ex-career and technology educator and professional development provider—here to share some strategies addressing challenges unique to...
None | Blog Post
2015
Gratitude for our ATE Community of Practitioners
Recently a friend posted a blog whose theme was gratitude. Reading his blog caused me to reflect on gratitude in my own...
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