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Ed Eval TIG Week: Manolya Tanyu and Nicholas Read on Conducting Virtual Focus Groups

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / May 6, 2014 May 7, 2014

Hello! We are Manolya Tanyu, senior researcher, and Nicholas Read, researcher at American Institutes for Research (AIR), a behavioral and social science research organization, sharing our insights on conducting virtual focus groups as part of a national evaluation of enhanced youth mentoring programs. We’re using videoconferencing as an alternative to in-person focus groups to save …

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Ed Eval TIG Week: Kelly Murphy and Michelle Sloper on Innovative Statistical Solutions for Evaluation Data: Latent Growth Curve Modeling to Examine Change Over Time

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / May 5, 2014 May 6, 2014

Hello! We are Kelly Murphy, Doctoral Candidate in Applied Developmental Psychology at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Program Chair-Elect of the PreK-12 Educational Evaluation TIG,and Michelle Sloper, Doctoral Student in Positive Developmental Psychology and Evaluation Associate at Claremont Evaluation Center (CEC). With backgrounds in developmental psychology and program evaluation, we have always been interested in …

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Susan Kistler on Innovative Reporting Part I: The Data Diva’s Chocolate Box

6 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / April 3, 2014 March 14, 2015

Hello wonderful aea365ers. My name is Susan Kistler and I am an independent consultant and trainer. I’m also the Executive Director Emeritus of the American Evaluation Association, and originator of aea365. But enough about me, let’s talk about chocolate! Back in February, Stephanie Evergreen wrote on her blog about “findings cookies” – homemade fortune cookies with a …

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Best of aea365 week: Ted Dwyer on Responding to FERPA for Evaluators

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / February 7, 2014 February 1, 2014

My name is Ted Dwyer and I’m the Manager of Evaluations in Hillsborough County Public Schools. I have worked in multiple school districts and have served as the reviewer of external research projects in several districts. Today, I would like to share some of what I have learned and observed about FERPA and some thoughts from the perspective of …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Jonathan Margolin on Online Activity Logs: Low Cost and High Impact for Multisite Evaluations

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / January 8, 2014 January 4, 2014

My name is Jonathan Margolin, and I am a senior researcher in the Education Program at American Institutes for Research, where I work primarily in the State and Local Evaluation Center. One common challenge when evaluating the implementation of educational programs is to understand how the program is interpreted and adapted by teachers and schools. …

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CEA Affiliate Week: Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt on iPad Survey Development for Young Learners

1 Comment / Integrating Technology into Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Uncategorized, Youth Focused Evaluation / January 6, 2014 February 3, 2014

Greetings from the University of Chicago! We are Sarah Rand, Amy Cassata, Maurice Samuels and Sandra Holt from Outlier Research and Evaluation at the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education. Our group recently evaluated two Chicago-based elementary education programs: Purple Asparagus, a nutrition education program and Science, Engineering, and Technology for Students, Educators, and Parents (SETSEP), a science …

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Rachel Hickson on Simple Ways to Improve Data Collected Through Observations

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / December 26, 2013 December 24, 2013

Hi! I’m Rachel Hickson, an evaluation specialist with Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, MD. Observations can be vital to measuring program fidelity. Yet they take a disproportionate share of effort and money when compared with other data collection methods. Can we stretch their utility to produce better data? Lesson Learned: You don’t have a …

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Climate Ed Eval Week: Dan Zalles on Maintaining Flexibility in Evaluating Outcomes Across Varying Implementations

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, STEM Education and Training / December 11, 2013 December 1, 2013

I’m Dan Zalles, Senior Educational Researcher at SRI International. Have you ever tried evaluating whether an innovative classroom intervention is leading to greater student learning outcomes, and found either that many teachers dropped out of the project or learning gains failed to materialize? It’s easy to conceptualize a centrally developed classroom innovation for students as …

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Climate Ed Eval Week: Nicole Holthuis on Lessons Learned from Measuring Intermediary Outcomes

Leave a Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, STEM Education and Training / December 9, 2013 December 1, 2013

Hi all. My name is Nicole Holthuis. I’m an independent research/evaluator specializing in science and environmental education. Much has been said about the desired outcomes of climate change education. Evaluators have created and shared various instruments to measure changes in participants’ attitudes, interest, knowledge, behaviors, and skills. But how do we make sense of these …

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