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Prek-12 Educational Evaluation

Lisa Bertrand on External Evaluation: Preparing for the Process of Program Accreditation

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / November 24, 2010

Hi, I’m Lisa Bertrand, professor of educational leadership at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO.  For the past three years, I have facilitated the external evaluation process in our department as we prepared for accreditation with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), state accreditation within Missouri, and finally with our …

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Camesha Hill-Carter on Looking at Assessment in a Different Light

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / November 24, 2010

My name is Dr. Camesha Hill-Carter and I teach Teacher Education Methods in Reading Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In Teacher Education, we often come across three types of assessments: diagnostic, formative, and summative. Regardless of the assessment, teachers often lose sight of what the data …

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Mary Talbut on Testing What You Teach

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / November 24, 2010

My name is Mary Harriet Talbut and I am an instructor at Southeast Missouri State University in the Middle and Secondary Education Department.  I work with pre-service middle and secondary teachers in all content areas.  While a classroom social studies teacher, I was privileged to be part of a professional development program that worked with …

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David Urias on the Analysis of Photo Journaling

1 Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / April 20, 2011

My name is David Urias. I am the Founding Director of the Evaluation Research Network at Drexel University. In an earlier posting, I shared the basic concepts of photo journaling. This time, I want to talk about the value and process of using photo journaling as an evaluative tool of student participant growth trajectories. Hot …

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Leland Lockhart on Cross Classified Random Effects Models in Evaluation

1 Comment / Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation, Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / October 21, 2010

My name is Leland Lockhart, and I am a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin and a research assistant at ACT, Inc.’s National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA).  The NCEA is a department of ACT, Inc., a not-for-profit organization committed to helping people achieve education and workplace success. NCEA builds the capacity …

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David Urias on a Unique Reflective Tool as an Evaluative Component

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / October 21, 2010

My name is David Urias. I am the Founding Director of the Evaluation Research Network at Drexel University. I would like to introduce you to the value and process of using photo journaling as an evaluative tool of student participant growth trajectories in a variety of learning experiences. Photo Journaling enables participants to express, capture, …

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Emily Hagstrom and Caroline Taggart on Site Visits

1 Comment / Independent Consulting, Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / September 21, 2010

We are Emily Hagstrom and Caroline Taggart, and we are evaluators at Ciurczak & Company, Inc., a private evaluation firm in Buffalo, NY. We evaluate many after-school and other programs. As a component of our evaluations, we conduct multiple site visits each year. These site visits are an important tool for evaluation that leads to …

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Systems Week: Ozturk & Lawton on Using Systems Thinking to Evaluate Ed Partnerships

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Systems in Evaluation / October 22, 2010

Greetings, Our names are Mehmet “Dali” Ozturk, Associate Vice President of Research, Evaluation and Development and Kerry Lawton, Senior Research Specialist from Arizona State University’s Office of the Vice President for Education Partnerships (VPEP). Our office works with P-20, public and private sector partners to enhance the academic performance of students in high need communities. Along …

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Lisa Garbrecht on Overcoming Data Quality Challenges in School-Based Settings

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / July 26, 2010

Hello, my name is Lisa Garbrecht. As a Research Associate at EVALCORP Research & Consulting, I work on numerous projects requiring data collection from youth. As you may know, it is not always easy to obtain high quality data (i.e., sufficient numbers of completed surveys, academic data, etc.) when relying on schools to help facilitate …

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DOVP Week: David Merves on Technology Issues in Special Education

Leave a Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / July 21, 2010

My name is David Merves and I work for Evergreen Educational Consulting LLC (EEC), an evaluation consulting firm. A part of our practice involves evaluating federally funded, Special Education grants and programs that are intended to improve education and services for children and youth at risk of school failure or in need of special education (e.g., IDEA, …

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