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LGBT TIG Week: Leia K. Cain on Making Resolutions for Inclusivity in Evaluation

Welcome to 2016! My name is Leia K. Cain, and I’m an instructor at the University of South Florida in the Educational Measurement and Research program. I’m here to wish you a bright and wonderful 2016, and wrap up our aea365’s LGBT TIG week! Making (and keeping!) resolutions is something that I tend to struggle …

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LGBT TIG Week: Efrain Gutierrez and Grisel M. Robles-Schrader on How can Evaluators Be Effective Allies to LGBTQ+ Communities?

This is Efrain Gutierrez with FSG and Grisel M. Robles-Schrader with Robles-Schrader Consulting. We want to share some suggestions to help cisgender heterosexual allies support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQ+) communities in culturally responsive evaluations. Allies who seek to address LGBTQ+ needs should consider the following: Hot Tips: Acknowledge …

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LGBT TIG Week: Maddy Boesen on How to Get Started with LGBTQ-Inclusive Evaluation

I’m Maddy Boesen and I am a Research Associate at the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools at NYU Steinhardt. So you’ve decided that your next evaluation will be inclusive of the issues that your lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) respondents may face. Now what? How will you …

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LGBT TIG Week: Emily A. Greytak on So….You Want to Identify LGBTQ People in Your Evaluation? Ask These 4 Questions First

I’m Emily Greytak, the Director of Research at GLSEN, a national organization addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) issues in K-12 education. At GLSEN, we are particularly interested in the experiences of LGBTQ people, but also know that it’s important to identify LGBTQ individuals in even more general evaluation research – whether just …

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LGBT TIG Week: Kari Greene on Reflective practice: Because evaluations are not culture-free

My name is Kari Greene, co-Chair of the LGBT Issues TIG, currently living in Sydney, Australia with a renewed sense of curiosity and excitement. Through my participation in the LGBT Issues TIG, I have had the great fortune to be involved with the Cultural Competence Statement Dissemination Workgroup. This group offers deep thinking, wise counsel …

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LGBT TIG Week: Leia K. Cain on Avoiding Binaries in Evaluation

Welcome to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Evaluation Topical Interest Group (LGBT TIG) week on aea365! My name is Leia K. Cain, and I’m an instructor at the University of South Florida in the Educational Measurement and Research program. This week, I’m acting as the coordinator for the LGBT TIG’s blog posts. One area …

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Sheila B Robinson on Blogging in the New Year!

Greetings loyal blog readers and Happy New Year! I’m Sheila B Robinson, Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor for my favorite evaluation blog! It’s no news that I call myself aea365’s biggest fan, as this was the first evaluation blog I so fortuitously discovered on December 31, 2009. On that day, an announcement appeared on the …

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Kylie Hutchinson on I’m Dreaming of a Data Party

My name is Kylie Hutchinson and I’m an independent evaluator and owner of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. Each year, I adapt a Christmas carol to share with my colleagues and clients. Seasons greetings, and enjoy! I’m Dreaming of a Data Party (sung to the tune of “White Christmas”) I’m dreaming of a data party …

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Michelle Cerrone and Daniel Light on Recruiting Research Participants via Twitter (or Social Media)

Hi – We are Michelle Cerrone and Daniel Light and we are researchers at EDC on an NSF-funded project, Twitter and Informal Science Learning and Engagement (TwISLE) that is exploring how adults use Twitter to engage with institutions like museums, zoos, and government science agencies. For TwISLE we’ve interviewed and surveyed Twitter science enthusiasts around …

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Lisa Kaczmarczyk on Evaluation in K-12 Computer Science May Require Unexpected Resources

Hi, my name is Lisa Kaczmarczyk; I am a computer scientist with my own project evaluation consultancy and I’m also an adjunct computer science (CS) faculty at Harvey Mudd College. I work primarily with CS and engineering teachers and faculty who face unique challenges when creating their computing curriculum and evaluation procedures. A recent conversation …

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