Winter 2012 Kirk Knestes discusses how to be an informed consumer of external evaluation services, advice is given for dealing with small sample sizes in your evaluations, and we discuss our Annual Survey Data Snapshots.

Fall 11 John Kmiec talks about the value of evaluation capacity buidling. Other topics include what to do with an evaluation report, how to make the most of an NVC, and involving stakeholders in evaluation.

Summer 11 Liz Teles outlines 10 helpful hints for writing the evaluation sections of ATE proposals, we describe the implications of NSF"s new data management plan requirement, and Amy Gullickson identifies three streams of evaluation use in ATE centers.

Spring 11 Wayne Welch outlines steps toward instrument validation, we introduce methods for locating preexisting valid instrument, and Helen Sullivan and Amy Gullickson discuss use of a Project Mapping Template.

Winter 11 Sarah Butzen discusses statistical significance and the use of descriptive statistics in ATE evaluation. Gerhard Salinger addresses the question of what NSF does with grantees' evaluation reports.

Fall 10 Vera Zdravkovich and John Sener share their perspectives about what makes for a productive PI-evaluator relationship. We introduce our new ATE Evaluator Directory and Community of Practice advisors.

Summer 10 Terryll Bailey and Joyce LaTulippe discuss ways they've used Evalua|t|e resources, Mark Viquesney outlines the criteria for a good webinar, and we introduce our ATE Evaluation listserv, an evaluation primer, and our support funds to bring your evaluator to our preconference workshop.

Spring 10 Amy Germuth suggests tips for increasing survey response rates, and we discuss tracking students after they've graduated, using a logic model template, and the results of our investigation into the background of ATE evaluators.

Winter 10 Elaine Craft reviews the qualities of an exemplary evaluator, and we speak to the role of advisory boards, distinguish between formative and summative evaluation, discuss how NSF is using survey findings, and talk about various communication platforms for evaluators and their clients.

Fall 09 Joellen Killion provides a brief review of professional development impact measures, and we introduce Peggie Weeks, share some findings from our review of ATE evaluations, and get frank about evaluation terminology.

Summer 09  Gloria Rogers discusses best practices in student assessment, and we review findings from the 2009 annual survey, point out ATE evaluation case studies available on our web site, and talk evaluation design.

Spring 09  Lori Wingate outlines the purpose of a needs assessment and the multiple ways Evaluate is working in this regard, and we discuss how to select an evaluator, review the practice of benchmarking in education, and introduce our upcoming webinar for proposers to the ATE program.

Winter 09 Evaluator Stephen Jurs describes his evaluation of Evaluate and we highlight a PI's question on internal and external evaluators, reflect on the PI Conference, and review the 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation.

Fall 08 PI Arlen Gullickson discusses our transition to an Evaluation Resource Center, technical assistants are introduced, and we review ATE survey findings related to evaluation.