Got a publication idea but don’t know where to start? Looking for some practical tips to help get your research out the door? This blog is for you. Greetings. I’m Brad Cousins, Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa, Canada. I am kicking off the Research on Evaluation AEA365 Blog Week. I’ve spent the bulk of my …
RoE TIG Week: Getting RoE Published by J. Bradley Cousins Read More »
Happy Saturday! I’m Elizabeth DiLuzio, AEA365 Curator + Contributor and Evaluation + Strategy Manager at Good Shepherd Services. Like many of you, I have been giving a lot of thought to our role as evaluator during COVID. More specifically, as our country shifts from stay-at-home initiatives to restore and reconstruct, how can we assist governments, …
Evaluation’s Role in a Data-Driven Reopening of Society by Elizabeth DiLuzio Read More »
Hello, we are Jamie Bell and Sasha Palmquist from the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE), the resource center for the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program. Our work to support evaluation of informal STEM education has taken many forms since the launch of our InformalScience.org website in 2012. Resources …
Hello – we are a team of evaluators and researchers who work together on a project called Streamlinine Embedded Assessments (NSF #1713434), and we want to share a bit about our efforts to develop embedded assessments as a form of shared measures that can serve the needs and context within citizen science and other forms …
Hi, we’re Frances Carter-Johnson, Felicia Fullilove, Mark Leddy, Regina Sievert, Simone Soso and Eric Stone. We facilitated an Evaluation 2019 Think Tank entitled “Methods and Practices for Evaluation Capacity Building Projects in STEM Education Communities.” Our team included Data Scientists, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows, Program Officers and an AEA GEDI in the Directorate for …
This is Sharon O’Connor with the Center for Program Design & Evaluation (CPDE) at Dartmouth College. I don’t know about you, but I send out A LOT of online surveys. I used to hit the send button and then grumble and mumble when responses did not instantaneously come flooding in. When your response rates don’t …
Hi, we are Shetay Ashford-Hanserd and Kathy Haynie, and we had a panel discussion at AEA 2019 entitled, “Intersectionality, Equity, and Evaluation: Decreasing Intersectional Barriers in NSF-Funded Youth Interventions”. In our discussion, we shared our experiences with three projects addressing equity issues faced by Black and Latino youth pursuing STEM degrees, Indigenous youth engaged in …
My name is Jason Ravitz of Evaluation by Design LLC and I’m pleased to kick off this week of blogs for our AEA STEM Education and Training TIG. A lot of my work focuses on evaluation capacity building and tools to learn and grow better programs in STEM and computer science (CS) education. Today’s post …
Toward an Interactive Hub – Welcome to STEM Education and Training Week! by Jason Ravitz Read More »
Hey there! I’m Martena Reed, Research Associate at the Urban Institute where I study community engagement and solutions for homelessness. I’m interested in and always exploring ways to thread equity into the methods we use to understand implementation and outcomes of social change efforts. As shelter-in-place orders are being implemented across the country, we as …
Reflex or Reflection: Three Lessons for Evaluators Amid COVID-19 by Martena Reed Read More »
Hi, hope you are having a good weekend. This is Vardhani Ratnala, an evaluation consultant. Reading the latest news on COVID-19, specifically the relief packages announced by governments, I can’t help but wonder about work prospects for Evaluation Consultants like me. With travel restrictions and lockdowns imposed due to coronavirus, livelihoods of many evaluation professionals …
Contactless Evaluation – (in Times of COVID-19) by Vardhani Ratnala Read More »
