WE Week: Ann Emery on The Diversity of Evaluation Opportunities in DC

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Hi, I’m Ann Emery. All this week, you’ll hear from members of the Washington Evaluators about the diversity of evaluation opportunities that are available in DC. Evaluation is booming in DC! This is the best city in the world for evaluators because we can choose to specialize in one area or try out different settings, approaches, and content areas throughout our […]

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Susan Kistler on Curations of Data Visualization Tools and Tutorials

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Happy Saturday! I am Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and aea365 Saturday contributor. This post is Part II to the one I shared on April 28 on Inspiration and Education for Data Visualization, focusing today on two great curations of DataViz tools and tutorials. Curations are sets of items that are purposefully

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EdEval Week: Jade Caines on Survey Design

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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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EdEval Week: Veronica Smith on Engaging Teachers in STEM Curriculum and Assessment Development

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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

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EdEval Week: Tiffany Berry and Kathryn Edwards on New Assessment Systems Designed to Align with Common Core Standards

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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.

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EdEval Week: Deborah Mattila on Evaluation of Learning and Teaching 21st Century Skills

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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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EdEval Week: Krista Collins and Chad Green on Designing Evaluations with the Whole Child in Mind

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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

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EDEval Week: Sheila Robinson Kohn on IES – Institute of Education Sciences

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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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Susan Kistler on Free Coffee Break Webinar Series for M&E

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I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director, and aea365 Saturday contributor. Hot Tip: In July, AEA will be offering AEA’s first public Coffee Break Series co-sponsored with our colleagues at Catholic Relief Services, American Red Cross/Red Crescent, the United States Agency for International Development, and AEA’s International and Cross Cultural Topical Interest Group

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Kylie Hutchinson on a Framework for Needs Assessment

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My name is Kylie Hutchinson. I am an independent evaluation consultant and trainer with Community Solutions Planning and Evaluation. I have taught workshops on various evaluation topics for both the AEA and CES and Twitter weekly at @EvaluationMaven. Evaluators are often given the task of conducting needs assessments. Have you ever wondered how you can

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