3 Inconvenient Truths about ATE Evaluation
2016
Many evaluations fall short of their potential to provide useful, timely, and accurate feedback to projects because project leaders or evaluators (or...
3 Inconvenient Truths about ATE Evaluation
Best Practices for Two-Year Colleges to Create Competitive Evaluation Plans
2016
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s (NWTC) Grants Office works closely with its Institutional Research Office to create ad hoc evaluation teams in order...
Three Tips for a Strong NSF Proposal Evaluation Plan
2016
I’m Leslie Goodyear and I’m an evaluator who also served as a program officer for three years at the National Science Foundation...
Articulating Intended Outcomes Using Logic Models: The Roles Evaluators Play
2016
Articulating project outcomes is easier said than done. A well-articulated outcome is one that is feasible to achieve within the project period,...
Student Learning Assessments: Issues of Validity and Reliability
2016
In my last post, I talked about the difference between program evaluation and student assessment. I also touched on using existing assessments...
Using Learning Assessments in Evaluations
2016
If you need to evaluate your project, but get confused about whether there should be a student assessment component, it’s important to...
Meeting Requirements, Exceeding Expectations: Understanding the Role of Evaluation in Federal Grants
2016
External evaluation is a requirement of many federal grant programs. Understanding and addressing these requirements is essential for both successfully seeking grants...
Logic Model Template for ATE Projects & Centers
2016
This 2016 template is intended for ATE grantees to use and adapt a project logic model for their own projects.
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