My name is Matt Linick, and I am the Executive Director of Research and Evaluation at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). We are excited that the American Evaluation Association is coming to Cleveland this year! As many embedded researchers and evaluators in school districts know, we are often under-resourced and over-committed, so partnering with …
LAWG Week: Cleveland Rocks! by Matt Linick Read More »
Hi! My name is Daina Lieberman, English teacher and International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYC) Coordinator at South Lakes High School in Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia. I am also a recent graduate of the Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Policy Studies program at The George Washington University. Today I’d like to provide some …
CREATE Week: Project-Based Learning by Daina Lieberman Read More »
This is John Fischetti, Dean of Education/Head of School, at the University of Newcastle in Australia. We are one of Australia’s largest providers of new teachers and postgraduate degrees for current educators. We are committed to equity and social justice as pillars of practice, particularly in evaluation and assessment. Lessons Learned: It is with that equity …
CREATE Week: The Definition of Insanity by John Fischetti Read More »
Hi, I’m Chad Green, program analyst at Loudoun County Public Schools in northern Virginia. Over the past year I’ve been seeking developmental evaluation (DE) practitioners in school districts throughout the U.S. and abroad. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Keiko Kuji-Shikatani (C.E.) who is an educator and internal evaluator with the Ontario Ministry of …
My name is Garima Bansal, a faculty member at University of Delhi, India where I teach a course on Assessment Education to teacher candidates enrolled in the Bachelors of Education (B.Ed) program. By reading DeLuca, Chavez, Bellara, & Cao’s paper featured in the journal The Teacher Educator in 2013 on pedagogies that inform assessment education, I …
Ed Eval Week: Evaluation Capacity Building of Pre-service Teachers by Garima Bansal Read More »
Hello! We are Dana Linnell Wanzer, evaluation doctoral student, and Tiffany Berry, research associate professor, from the Youth Development Evaluation Lab at Claremont Graduate University. Today we are going to discuss the importance of high quality relationships with practitioners in evaluations. “In the absence of strong relationships and trust, partnerships usually fail.” -Henrick, Cobb, Penuel, …
Hello, I’m Andrea Beesley, managing director in the education division at IMPAQ International, Through reliable evidence, IMPAQ helps governments, businesses, foundations, nonprofits, and universities enhance their programs and policies. Our primary markets are health, workforce development, social programs, education, and international development. Our experience evaluating out-of-school-time (OST) curricula has given us the opportunity to work …
Hello AEA 365! We are the Societal Advancement Insights & Impact team at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. (Valerie Ehrlich, Tim Leisman, Micela Leis, and Jeff Kosovich.) Professional networks among teachers play an important role in K-12 settings, where certain network characteristics have been linked to improved teacher practices and student outcomes. …
Hello! I am Kelly Murphy, chair of the PreK–12 Educational Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG) and a senior research scientist at Child Trends. Welcome to our TIG’s sponsored AEA365 week! This week we are sharing lessons learned, evaluation tips, and resources for evaluators who work in PreK–12 educational evaluation. When people think about the educational …
Ed Eval TIG Week: Educational evaluation: A Diverse Field of Inquiry by Kelly Murphy Read More »
I am Steve Kimball, a researcher and evaluator with the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative at the UW-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research. We have recently embraced a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) approach to learn from and with schools using varying approaches to personalized learning. I have been intrigued with the implications of the NIC concept as …
