Adapting Based on Feedback
2015
The Formative Assessment Systems for ATE project (FAS4ATE) focuses on assessment practices that serve the ongoing evaluation needs of projects and centers....
Adapting Based on Feedback
Checklists for Improving Evaluation Practice
2015
The World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist has increased patient safety and even saved lives. Checklists have been used in aviation since...
What’s Wrong with Problem Based Learning?
2015
The Formative Assessment Systems for ATE project (FAS4ATE) focuses on assessment practices that serve the ongoing evaluation needs of projects and centers....
Finding Opportunity in Unintended Outcomes
2015
Working with underage students bears an increased responsibility for their supervision. Concerns may arise during the implementation of activities that were never...
A Rose Isn’t as Sweet by Any Other Name: Lessons on Subject Lines for Web Surveys
2015
Survey developers typically spend a great deal of time on the content of questionnaires. We struggle with what items to include, how...
ATE Small Project Evaluation
2015
All ATE proposals, except for planning grants, are required to specify a budget line for an independent evaluator. But the solicitation offers...
Checklist for the Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development
2015
This 2015 document includes a series of six checklists—one for each of the six types of research outlined in the Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development.
Indicators and the Difficulty With Them
2015
Evaluators that are working in education contexts are often required to use externally created criteria and standards, such as GPA targets, graduation...
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