Drawing on the evaluation of Afghanistan In-service Teacher Training Program, I discuss how values of donors (such as USAID and World Bank) differ from the values of local stakeholders (such as parents, teachers, and education officers) on teachers’ needs, setting program priorities, defining evaluation criteria, and the merit and worth of the program
AEA Presentation- 2011-PDF.pdf
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a multi-national technology corporation partnered with eight districts in Mississippi and Louisiana in order to transform them into 21st Century Learning Systems. Working closely with the funder, district leaders and various partnering organizations, EDC's...
AEA Presenation.pptx
This poster will cover the evolution of progress toward short- and long-term goals in implementing a multi-level federally-funded initiative aimed to increase participation of students from underrepresented populations in gifted and talented (GT) education. It presents program context and the...
0470 14_AEA_ChallengesTriumphs_POSTER_web.pdf
PowerPoint presentation for Multipaper Session 897 Evaluating Teacher Professional Development: Contexts and Methods #Evaluation2009 #Prek-12EducationalEvaluation
Davis AEA 2009 110209.ppt
This think tank will explore the challenges and best practices of working with and relating to stakeholders in program evaluation. Presenters will share their experiences with engaging stakeholders from various fields, disciplines, or populations. Central to this discussion will be the notion...
Positionality Matters Understanding Culture and Context From the Perspective of Key Stakeholders.pdf
A community organization delivering a sexual abuse prevention program to at-risk students in a large, urban school district worked collaboratively with an external evaluator to build evaluation capacity and develop student outcome measures. A shared understanding of the goals and challenges...
No Secrets Program Evaluation.pdf
Paper prepared for a Panel Presentation at the 2005 AEA Conference, Toronto, Canada; Oct 29, 2005. Session Title: More on Retrospective Pretest: Developing a Taxonomy of Best Practice Uses. This review was undertaken to examine the published literature relative to the retrospective pretest...
RPT-AEA'06_TaylorPowellKlatt.pdf
Includes materials from both presentations. Case study method has enormous potential to inform evaluations of school- and district-based educational programs specifically, as the institution of public schools in the United States represents a unique and diverse structure that compels careful...
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#asthma #HealthEvaluation #2009Conference #Collaborative,ParticipatoryandEmpowermentEval #Rapid-evaluation #Evaluation2009 #school-based
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Multipaper Session 641: When a Triangle Becomes a Three-Sided Square: Measuring Students' Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Interest and Learning through Data Triangulation Although triangulation or the use of multiple methods is widely considered to be good practice in evaluation...
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