My name is Xiaomei Song, a PhD Candidate in Assessment and Evaluation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. In the past four years, I have been working on my doctoral degree and a part of my dissertation is to evaluate a large-scale high-stakes testing system from the stakeholder perspective. I have learned a number of lessons along …
My name is Gary Resnick and I am the Director of Research at Harder+Company Community Research, a California-based consulting firm. My background combines program evaluation with child development research, and I have an interest in system theory and networks. Harder+Company has been involved evaluating First 5 programs in a number of California counties. First 5 …
Hello all! This is Shelly Engelman and Tom McKlin, evaluators at The Findings Groups, LLC, a privately-owned applied research and evaluation firm with a focus on STEM education. The primary objective of many programs that we evaluate is to empower a broad range of elementary, middle and high school students to learn STEM content and …
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Hi, I’m Jade Caines. I have taught prekindergarten through college grades for over 10 years and have also worked on numerous evaluation studies in the southern, western, and eastern parts of the U.S. I recently received a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Currently, I am a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Pennsylvania, …
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I am Veronica Smith, principal of data2insight, an evaluation and research firm specializing in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program evaluation. We worked with Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA), a consortium of research universities and non-profit organizations in Washington state, on the evaluation of an interdisciplinary curriculum program called Ambassadors. WGHA Ambassadors (WGHAA) aims …
Hi! My name is Tiffany Berry and I’m a research associate professor at Claremont Graduate University. My colleague, Kathryn Edwards, is an educational evaluator from the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). I recently attended a training hosted by LACOE on the assessment systems that will replace our state standardized tests starting in 2014-2015. …
I am Deborah Mattila, Research and Evaluation Director at the Improve Group. Over the last several years I have had the pleasure of evaluating many school-based initiatives that explicitly and implicitly address development and application of 21st Century Skills, a set of learning and innovation skills built around the 4 Cs of Critical Thinking, Communication, …
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Hi! We are Krista Collins, Applied Developmental Psychology Doctoral Candidate at Claremont Graduate University, and Chad Green, Program Analyst at Loudoun County Public Schools. We are the future and past program co-chairs for the PreK-12 Educational Evaluation TIG. In an aea365 Cognitive Coaching post last year, we asked our colleagues to explore a maturing outcomes …
Hello! I’m Sheila Robinson Kohn from Greece Central School District and University of Rochester in NY and program chair for the PreK-12 Educational Evaluation TIG. Welcome to our 2nd annual sponsored AEA365 week, in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week! Here is our TIG’s mission, vision, and values in abbreviated form; please visit our website for …
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My name is Elizabeth Autio and I am an associate at Education Northwest, a non-profit organization serving educators through research, evaluation, and technical assistance. This is a companion piece to my earlier post on Recruiting Participants for Your Study: Practical Strategies and Advice that more specifically details tips on recruiting teachers into your study. I …
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