Resource Library
Evaluate's resource library contains materials related to evaluation theory, methodology, practice, and use. We have selected materials that are especially pertinent to the evaluation in the ATE context. We invite you to help us expand the library by recommending or submitting evaluation resources you have found useful in your evaluation work.
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http://evalu-ate.org/downloads/resources/EvaluATE_Summer_2011.pdf
Summer 2011 Conduit Newsletter
Liz Teles outlines 10 helpful hints for writing the evaluation sections of ATE proposals, we describe the implications of the new Data Management Plan requirement, and Amy Gullickson identifies three streams of evaluation use in ATE centers.
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http://evalu-ate.net/downloads/2011%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
ATE Survey 2011 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet summarizes data gathered in the 2011 survey of National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant recipients. Conducted by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, this was the eleventh annual survey of ATE projects and centers. Included here are statistics about the program’s grantees and their activities, accomplishments, and impacts during the 2010 calendar year.
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http://evalu-ate.org/downloads/resources/Hints_Flaws_Teles-short.pdf
10 Helpful Hints and 10 Fatal Flaws: Writing Better Evaluation Sections in Your Proposals (short)
What should be included in an ATE proposal’s evaluation plan? What do reviewers want to see? While both of these are important questions, it is also important to make sure you have an evaluation plan in place from the beginning that will provide good information about how well your project is going and what impact you are having. A good evaluation plan almost always raises the proposal ratings. Based on her experiences as a reviewer and participant in many panels,Elizabeth Teles shares her helpful hints and fatal flaws with regard to preparing the evaluation section of an ATE proposal.
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http://evalu-ate.org/downloads/resources/Hints_Flaws_Teles-expanded.pdf
10 Helpful Hints and 10 Fatal Flaws: Writing Better Evaluation Sections in Your Proposals (long)
What should be included in an ATE proposal’s evaluation plan? What do reviewers want to see? While both of these are important questions, it is also important to make sure you have an evaluation plan in place from the beginning that will provide good information about how well your project is going and what impact you are having. A good evaluation plan almost always raises the proposal ratings. Based on her experiences as a reviewer and participant in many panels,Elizabeth Teles shares her helpful hints and fatal flaws with regard to preparing the evaluation section of an ATE proposal.
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http://evalu-ate.org/downloads/resources/data_use_agreemeent_form.pdf
Data Use Agreement Form
Anyone receiving data from EvaluATE’s annual survey of ATE grantees must sign a statement in which they agree to certain conditions about how there are going to use, manage, and report on the data. This is a generic version that form.
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WEBINAR: Evaluation: A Key Ingredient for a Successful ATE Proposal
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