May 27, 2020 | Ada Haynes
Evaluating Critical Thinking Skills
Like many of you, I wear multiple professional hats. Critical thinking skills are at the nexus of all my roles. The importance...
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May 13, 2020 | Laura Waldman
Building Capacity for High-Quality Data Collection
As I, like everyone else, am adjusting to working at home and practicing social distancing, I have been thinking about how to...
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April 29, 2020 | Mark Dempsey
Three Ways to Boost Network Reporting
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), a national ATE center focusing on IT infrastructure technology, manages a community called the Convergence College Network (CCN). The CCN...
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April 15, 2020 | Lori Wingate
Beyond Reporting: Getting More Value out of Your Evaluation*
If you’ve been a part of the ATE community for any time at all, you probably already know that ATE projects are required...
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April 2, 2020 | Faye R. Jones, Marcia A. Mardis
Backtracking Alumni: Using Institutional Research and Reflective Inquiry to Improve Organizational Learning
In a recent blog post, we shared practical tips for developing an alumni tracking program to assess students’ employment outcomes. Alumni tracking is an effective tool for assessing the quality...
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March 18, 2020 | Lori Wingate
Strategies and Sources for Interpreting Evaluation Findings to Reach Conclusions
Imagine: You’re an evaluator who has compiled lots of data about an ATE project. You’re preparing to present the results to stakeholders. You have many beautiful charts and compelling stories...
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