Teachers’ lives have been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. As evaluators, how can we respond to these changes and use evaluation as a tool to support them? My name is Dr. David Osman and I am the Director of Research and Evaluation in Round Rock Independent School District, a large suburban public school …
Hi there! We are Carrie Wiley and Becky Dvorak. We are senior researchers at the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) and work on a variety of educational program and policy evaluations. While the long-term impact of the shutdown or modification of nearly all aspects of society is yet to be seen, the short-term disruption to …
Hey! I am Lisa Jones, a Managing Researcher with McREL International. The abrupt shift to virtual learning for PreK-12 teachers increased their reliance on one another as they adjusted from a physical to a technological classroom. Recently, an elementary school principal told us that teachers reached out to one another to make this shift work. …
Ed Eval TIG Week: I couldn’t do it without ‘em! by Lisa M. Jones Read More »
Hello! I’m Amanda Klein, owner of Structured Solutions Educational Consulting, LLC. I help schools, districts, and related organizations tell the story of their impact on children and families. My passion comes from years of working in urban schools with students and families. I never forget that every line in a spreadsheet represents a real child …
Hello, and welcome to the PreK-12 Educational Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG)’s series of posts for Teacher Appreciation Week! My name is Leigh M. Tolley, and I am Assistant Professor, Secondary Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. As TIG Chair, I invite you to explore with us educational evaluation topics from a range …
Ed Eval TIG Week: Learning, Evaluating, and Staying Strong Together by Leigh M. Tolley Read More »
I’m Sharla Berry, PhD, a Fellow of the Minority Serving Institutions initiative of the American Evaluation Association and Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at California Lutheran University. Education leaders are often on the receiving end of evaluation. When government agencies or accrediting bodies make decisions about evaluation, they often fail to collect …
My name is Omari Jackson, Ph.D. I am an Assistant Professor of Urban Educational Leadership at Morgan State University and a member of the 2019 cohort of the Minority Serving Institutions initiative of the American Evaluation Association. Lesson Learned: Culturally responsive leadership is commonly discussed as a necessity in K-12 schools serving black and brown …
Hi evaluators, I’m Sheila Wilson, educator, school leader, adjunct professor and passionate enthusiast for amplifying learning. This is my first contribution to the AEA blog, and I am eager to speak to the need for equity with regard to the assessment of students. The call for performance assessments did not come from concerns of equal …
CREATE Week: Assessment Equity: The Needed Shift from Standardization by Sheila Wilson Read More »
Hello! We are Olivia Halls, Shanice Bennerson, and Shanesha Brooks-Tatum representing Creative Research Solutions, an evaluation firm in metro Atlanta, and the Atlanta-Area Evaluation Association. Reflecting upon our projects related to secondary and post-secondary education, a common thread is apparent: approaching evaluations holistically plays a critical role in supporting academic success for marginalized groups. Various …
Hello AEA365! We are Bryan Hall, senior director of evaluation, and Danielle Fontaine, senior manager of evaluation at BellXcel (formerly BELL, Building Educated Leaders for Life). BellXcel offers solutions for under-resourced communities to create evidence-based summer and afterschool learning programs that address the opportunity and achievement gaps. Historically, the focus of our internal program evaluation approach …
