Interpretation | Blog Post
2020
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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Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2020
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...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2020
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...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2020
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...
Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2020
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...
Interpretation | Blog Post
2020
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...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2020
Three Questions to Spur Action from Your Evaluation Report
Evaluators are urged to make their evaluations useful. Project staff are encouraged to use their evaluations. An obvious way to support these...
Interpretation | Blog Post
2020
Understanding Data Literacy
In today’s data-filled society, institutions are abundant with data but lack data literacy, the ability to transform data into usable information and...
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2020
How I Came to Learn R, and Why You Should Too!
A few years ago, I left my job on the research team at the Oregon Community Foundation and started working as an...
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