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ECLIPS and Systems TIG Week: Tarek Azzam and Matt Keene Recap Systems-Oriented Evaluation

Hello! We are Tarek Azzam (Claremont Graduate University) and Matt Keene (Environmental Protection Agency). We are members of the External Review Panel for ECLIPS. Whoa! Even though it’s oh-so-tempting to try, you don’t need the perfect string of words to define “systems-oriented evaluation.” Lesson Learned: It’s in the roots of evaluation  At its core a …

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LGBT TIG Week: Robert Hoke on Cultural Competence, LGBT, and Challenges to the Field

I’m Robert Hoke, independent evaluation consultant, and co-chair for the LGBT Issues TIG.  Today, I want to share some reflections from this AEA365 week. Although it is becoming easier, it remains challenging to be different regarding sexual identity and gender issues.  The “It Gets Better” campaign grew out of the bullying of youth, and primarily …

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Stafford Hood on the 2013 CREA Conference: Repositioning Culture in Evaluation and Assessment

Welcome aea365 colleagues. I am Stafford Hood, Director of the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The overall goal of CREA is to encourage evaluation research and practice that is not only culturally sensitive but also culturally responsive. Hot Tip – Attend the 2013 CREA Conference: …

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Cultural Competence Week: Cindy Crusto on Hindsight is 20/20 – Reflecting on Missed Opportunities, Missteps, and Successes in Attending to Culture and Context in Evaluation Practice

My name is Cindy Crusto, and I am an associate professor at Yale University School of Medicine and chair of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. Today, I summarize and reflect on the Hindsight is 20/20: Reflecting on Missed Opportunities, Missteps, and Successes in Attending to Culture and Context …

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ACA Week: Kathleen Tinworth on the Need to Communicate with Creativity and Innovation

I’m Kathleen Tinworth and I co-chair the recently re-named Arts, Culture, and Audiences TIG of AEA with Don Glass, who began this week’s AEA365 series. I lead the Audience Insights department at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and also consult via my alter ego, ExposeYourMuseum. Lessons Learned Don started this week with a …

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FIE/MME Week: Donna Mertens and Mika Yamashita on Co-hosting Mixed Methods Evaluation and Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Hello!  We are Donna Mertens and Mika Yamashita, Chair and Program Chair of Mixed Methods Evaluation TIG.  This week, we offer five posts written by Feminist Issues in Evaluation TIG members. Why is the Mixed Methods TIG co-hosting this week with the Feminist Issues in Evaluation TIG?  Because this week’s posts touch upon issues associated …

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Susan Kistler on the Amazing Multicolor Search Engine (you gotta try this!)

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director and usual aea365 Saturday contributor. But, you say, “it isn’t Saturday Susan, what are you doing here?” “Well,” says I, “there was a last minute cancellation so I’m stepping in to share a surprisingly addictive tool to help as you are on the hunt for pictures …

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Xiaomei Song on Evaluating a Large-Scale High-Stakes Testing System from the Stakeholder Perspective

My name is Xiaomei Song, a PhD Candidate in Assessment and Evaluation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. In the past four years, I have been working on my doctoral degree and a part of my dissertation is to evaluate a large-scale high-stakes testing system from the stakeholder perspective. I have learned a number of lessons along …

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MME Week: Hongling Sun on Mixed Methods Design

Hello, my name is Hongling Sun. I am a PhD student from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I feel honored to have this opportunity to share my mixed methods experience with you, with a focus on the lessons and tips I’ve learned through constructing a mixed methods design for a needs assessment study. That design …

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MME Week: Leanne Kallemeyn , Daniela Schiazza, and Ann Marie Ryan on Using Mixed Methods to Conduct Integrated Data Analysis

Our evaluation team from Loyola University Chicago, School of Education–Leanne Kallemeyn, Assistant Professor; Daniela Schiazza, doctoral candidate and project coordinator; and Ann Marie Ryan, Associate Professor–have been working on an external evaluation of a U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grant. For two years, we used mixed methods to report GPRA indicators—surveys, tests, tracking …

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