Hello! We are Dana Gonzales and Lonnie Wederski, institutional review board (IRB) members at Solutions IRB, specialists in the review of evaluation research. Why talk about IRB review for evaluations of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education projects? Most simply, federally funded projects may require it. You may also ask, “Why aren’t all of …
I’m Jim Hammerman, and I Co-Direct the Evaluation Group at TERC, a non-profit, primarily grant-funded math, science and technology, education research, development, and evaluation company in Cambridge, MA. I’m also a current member and former Chair of TERC’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). Several of us recently noted on AEA’s LinkedIn group that there are at …
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My name is Stephen Meyer and I am a Senior Research Associate with RMC Research Corporation in Denver, Colorado. RMC Research conducts research and evaluation related to a wide range of education topics. Colleagues and I recently noted on AEA’s LinkedIn group that there are at least three ways to address the issue of Institutional …
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My name is Benjamin Cohen and I am Director of Evaluation at the Center for Schools and Communities, a division of the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit. We currently coordinate several interventions and initiatives for school-age youth that are funded by federal, state and private funders. My current focus is the evaluation of a state-wide bullying prevention …
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