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Susan Kistler on Life’s Success Criteria

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director Emeritus and aea365’s regular Saturday contributor. Rad Resource – Juice Analytics Blog: The staff at Juice Analytics puts out one of my favorite blogs focusing on data use, analysis, and visualization. Their tag line alone “Your data is meant for action” …

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CREATE Week: Paula Egelson on Mini-Case Studies in Formative Assessment

I am Paula Egelson from the Southern Regional Education Board. Much of the work I have done over the past 15 years has included formative assessment. Formative assessments focus on assessing students to improve learning and instruction. Below are snapshots of teachers who use formative assessment effectively. “Lydia” is a Head Start teacher in a …

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CREATE Week: James Stronge and Xianxuan Xu on Lesson Learned Regarding Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Evaluation

Hi! We are James Stronge and Xianxuan Xu. I am a Professor of Education at the College of William and Mary. For 20 plus years, I have worked with state departments of education, school districts, and national and international educational organizations to design and implement teacher and leader evaluation systems. Xian is a post-doctoral research …

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CREATE Week: Barbara B. Howard and Don Klinger on The Classroom Assessment Standards: Guidelines for Teacher Practice

We are Barbara B. Howard from Appalachian State University and Don Klinger of Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. We are professors and work with the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation.  We would like to report on the Classroom Assessment Standards that were developed by the  Joint Committee.  The Joint Committee uses a systematic process …

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CREATE Week: Sandy Horn on Decliché-ing Data-Driven Decision-Making in Education

I’m Sandy Horn, the Senior Educator Support Specialist for SAS® EVAAS®, which has been providing Value Added reporting for states, districts, schools, and teachers for more than twenty years. Value Added analyses have become part of the accountability model in many states and districts in the past few years, due, at least in part, to …

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CREATE Week: Marco Muñoz on Evaluation Within a School System

I’m Marco Muñoz, Evaluation Specialist at Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville, KY) and Past-President of the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness (CREATE). Today, I am writing about evaluations within a large urban school system. Lessons Learned: In a recent presentation at CREATE, we discussed how heuristic practices help when it comes …

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CREATE Week: Jim Van Haneghan on CREATE as a Resource for Educational Evaluators

My name is Jim Van Haneghan and I am writing about the Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness (CREATE).  CREATE focuses on educational evaluation and is a useful complement to my participation in the American Evaluation Association (AEA).  CREATE was started back in the 1990s by Daniel Stufflebeam and others at the …

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Susan Kistler on the (Mostly) Joys of Using (Free) Haiku Deck to Make Gorgeous Slides

My name is Susan Kistler and I am the Executive Director Emeritus of the American Evaluation Association. I am a student of the act of presenting, always on the lookout for ways to improve. Rad Resource – Haiku Deck: I have been trying out Haiku Deck, an alternative to PowerPoint for creating presentation slide decks. …

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Nicole Bowman on Essential Strategies for Success in the Grant Money Game: Hot Tips for Grant Writing

My name is Nicky Bowman and I am the President of Bowman Performance Consulting (BPC) BPC is a nationally award winning grant writing and scientific consulting firm.  I’ve not only written grants but more importantly I’ve WON them for clients. I’m so happy to share some lessons learned, quick tips, and resources with you so …

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Kerry Bruce on Choosing a Mobile Technology Platform for Your Evaluation

Hello, I am Kerry Bruce, the Director of Results and Measurement at Pact.  I’m currently based in Madagascar and support Pact programs in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. I am part of Pact’s central technical team that provides monitoring and evaluation support to more than 20 country offices and more than 70 projects around the world.  In 2012 we …

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