Hi there! My name is Masha Keller, and I am a mixed-methods researcher and evaluator. I work on issues such as child abuse prevention, criminal justice, and public health.
This week is sponsored by our colleagues in the Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation (RTD) TIG. The contributions this week are evergreen posts contributed by RTD TIG members about topics so important, they’re worth a second read. -Liz DiLuzio, Lead Curator I’m Ian Hutchins, and I am an Assistant Professor of Data and Information Science …
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My name is Gary Resnick and I am the Director of Research at Harder+Company Community Research, a California-based consulting firm. My background combines program evaluation with child development research, and I have an interest in system theory and networks.
Hi. I’m Ron Schack, Ph.D., the Managing Director of The Charter Oak Group, LLC in Connecticut. I also teach performance management accountability and advanced quantitative methods in the University of Connecticut School of Public Policy.
Have you ever wanted to evaluate a large educational survey dataset but were stuck on which statistical software would be the best to use? Then this may be the blog post for you! My name is Kinsey Simone, and I am an instructor of Quantitative Research Methods and Educational Assessment at Tennessee Tech University. I am set to earn my PhD in Program Planning & Evaluation in August 2023 and have spent the past several weeks deep in analysis of a large educational dataset. I learned a few advantages and disadvantages for using some of the most popular software packages, including IBM SPSS, R Software, and AM software, which I am sharing with you.
Hi! I’m Jodie Galosy, Ph.D., an internal evaluator at the Knowles Teacher Initiative, a nonprofit organization that supports a national network of approximately 450 mathematics and science educators in the US. Each year, we choose a cohort of about 35 beginning high school math and science teachers to participate in our five-year Teaching Fellows program that emphasizes collaborative study of teaching and teacher leadership development. Knowles Teaching Fellows who complete the five-year program become Senior Fellows who continue to participate in the Knowles community and receive support for education leadership and improvement.
Hi! I’m Inti Chomsky, an Associate at Informing Change, a strategic learning and evaluation firm based in Berkeley, California. Our team is frequently tasked with drafting surveys and analyzing that data for our clients. Often, our surveys include a set of demographic information questions as part of our standard practice; we typically disaggregate the data …
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I’m Shilpa Londhe, a health services research scientist specialized in health equity and maternal health with Deloitte Consulting, LLC. I’m Michele Sadler, a public health researcher specializing in program evaluation and creating data informed insights for practitioners with Deloitte Consulting, LLC. We recently spent time reviewing national survey data to better understand how we might …
Hello! We are Jenica Reed, John Zimmerman, and Brian Geoghagan, evaluation and data specialists with Deloitte Consulting, LLP. We often discuss with colleagues and clients how to better use technology to improve the quality and efficiency of data gathered, to better inform timely action. Leveraging existing and publicly available data is also often part of …
Hi, we are Heather Esper and Yaquta Fatehi from the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI) and Ben Fowler from MarketShare Associates (MSA). Gender-lens investing deploys capital in women-owned, -led, and -forward companies and gender integration into business functions and has many documented benefits: However, these benefits come with a price tag, whether through technical …
