My name is Trina Willard and I am the Principal of Knowledge Advisory Group, a small consulting firm that provides research and evaluation services to nonprofits, government agencies and small businesses. I’ve worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations over the years, many of which have limited staff and financial resources. Such organizations sometimes have …
My name is Felicia Sullivan and I research youth civic engagement at the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), a non-partisan research center at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service. Building youth-focused evaluation strategies and working with practitioners are important ways CIRCLE links academic research to what …
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Kirk Knestis, here, CEO of Hezel Associates—a research and evaluation firm specializing in education innovations. Like many of you, I’ve participated in “evaluation versus research” conversations. That distinction is certainly interesting, but our work in studying science, technology, engineering, and math education (STEM) leaves me more intrigued with what I call the “NSF Conundrum”—confusion among …
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My name is Rachel Becker-Klein and I am an evaluator and a Community Psychologist with almost a decade of experience evaluating programs. Since 2005, I have worked withPEER Associates, an evaluation firm that provides customized, utilization-focused program evaluation and educational research services for organizations nationwide. Recently I have been used an interview and analysis methodology …
Greetings from Mary Crave and Kerry Zaleski, of the University of Wisconsin – Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University. For the past few years we’ve teamed up to teach participatory methods for engaging vulnerable and historically under-represented persons in monitoring and evaluation. We’ve taught hands-on professional development workshops at AEA conferences, …
Hi! We are M. H. Clark and Haiyan Bai from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Over the last several years propensity score adjustments (PSAs) have become increasingly popular; however, many evaluators are unsure of when to use them. A propensity score is the predicted probability of a participant selecting into a treatment …
PD Presenters Week: M. H. Clark and Haiyan Bai on Using Propensity Score Adjustments Read More »
I’m Alice Walters, a member of AEA’s Graduate Student and New Evaluator TIG. I am a doctoral student in human services and work as a non-profit consultant in fund development, marketing, and evaluation. I share some networking tips, below. Networking is needed at every career stage. Review tips and resources to increase your effectiveness. Enjoy …
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I’m Bethany Laursen, Evaluation Outreach Specialist with the Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC) at the University of Wisconsin. I’m also principal consultant at Laursen Evaluation and Design, LLC. At SHWEC, I help staff design programs that engage opportunities to achieve our mission. Opportunity hunting requires a form of situation assessment, which has not …
Bethany Laursen on How to Evaluate the Situation, Not Just the Program: It’s Complex! Read More »
I’m Tamara Young and I am an associate professor in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis at North Carolina State University. I teach evaluation theory and practice to school principals, superintendents, and college and university administrators. Today, I am sharing a few hot tips I have surmised about future directions in evaluation based on trends in education. …
Tamara Young on New Directions in Evaluation Based on Trends in Education Read More »
We are Ladel Lewis and Bernadette Wright, the leadership team of Meaningful Evidence LLC and co-founders of ASK MATT and active on the Membership Committee of Washington Evaluators (WE), the AEA affiliate for the National Capitol Area. Like a great party needs guests, your organization needs members to succeed. Here are some example ways a …
