I’m Amanda Klein-Cox, owner of Engage with Data (formerly Structured Solutions). I help K-12 schools, districts, and education non-profits use data to measure their impact, particularly around family engagement. I’ve been reflecting lately about how life has changed since the pandemic started. Somehow, we’ve made it through this year of change, fear, and loss. It …
Greetings! I am Lisa Jones, a Managing Researcher at McREL International. I joined the field of evaluation with my “tools” that many evaluators hold—our education makes us good technicians. However, technical know-how is not enough. The “accountability age” opened the market for program evaluators. Title 1-funded schools could only implement evidence-based educational strategies. Likewise, federal …
PreK-12 Ed Eval TIG Week: It’s All About Relationships by Lisa M. Jones Read More »
Hi! We’re Tameka Porter, Kim Good, and Susan Shebby of the Region 11 Comprehensive Center at McREL International. The Region 11 Comprehensive Center serves Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming as they implement evidence-based interventions that support improved educator and student outcomes. In our partnership with the Nebraska Department of Education, we created a …
I’m Sheila A. Arens, Chair of the PreK-12 Educational Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG) and Executive Director of Research, Evaluation, and Technical Assistance at McREL. I am delighted to kick off this week of AEA365 blogs! I spent considerable time in 2020/21 thinking about the nature of evaluation practice and the ways that context and …
PreK-12 Ed Eval TIG Week: Validity, Context, and Circumstance by Sheila A. Arens Read More »
Greetings! I’m Sheila B Robinson, AEA365 Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with exciting news about the Summer Learning Series. Anyone who knows me knows that I am passionate about professional learning and love to see opportunities to learn from esteemed colleagues. As many of you know, AEA has held a Summer Evaluation Institute in …
Summer Evaluation Institute is now the Summer Learning Series by Sheila B. Robinson Read More »
Hello everyone! I’m Sheila B. Robinson, Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor. A few weeks back I was excited that we were approaching 4000 articles on AEA365. Well, we reached that milestone in the first week of March 2021. I’ve always wanted to get a sense of how many people have contributed to this blog, …
Celebrating 4000 articles on AEA365! By Sheila B. Robinson Read More »
Hey everyone! I’m Greta Landis, an Evaluation Specialist at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Extension, and a Co-Chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG. Environmental evaluation faces some complex and urgent challenges as we work to assess initiatives in environmental education, conservation, restoration, and cultivation. Reconciling short project timelines …
Hi! I’m Kristi Lekies, Associate Professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University. Although my main area of work relates to youth and their interactions with community and natural environments, I’m also known as ‘the evaluator’ for my background in teaching evaluation, developing evaluation measures for colleagues, and serving …
Hi, my name is Dawn Valentine, and I am the founder of the Variable Scoop, based in Washington DC. Our work is centered on building capacity to create better programs that end human suffering and support social change. As a person who loves the outdoors, I have always been aware of environmental initiatives; I just …
EPE TIG Week: Getting Started as an Environmental Advocate by Dawn Valentine Read More »
Hi, I’m Rupu Gupta, Program-Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation Topical Interest Group, and Conservation Psychologist at Knology, an interdisciplinary social science research organization. This year has brought a lot of excitement and momentum for the environmental movement to be able to comprehensively address the complex challenges related to climate and the environment. As I …
