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The Retrospective Pretest Method for Evaluating Training

In a retrospective pretest,1 trainees rate themselves before and after a training in a single data collection event. It is useful for...

Good Communication Is Everything!

I am new to the field of evaluation, and the most important thing that I learned in my first nine months is...

Show Me a Story: Using Data Visualization to Communicate Evaluation Findings

It’s all too easy for our evaluation reports to become a lifeless pile of numbers that gather dust on a shelf. As...

Strategic Knowledge Mapping: A New Tool for Visualizing and Using Evaluation Findings in STEM

A challenge to designing effective STEM programs is that they address very large, complex goals, such as increasing the numbers of underrepresented...

Improving Evaluator Communication and PI Evaluation Understanding to Increase Evaluation Use: The Evaluator’s Perspective

As a project PI, have you ever glanced at an evaluation report and wished it has been presented in a different format...

Improving Evaluator Communication and PI Evaluation Understanding to Increase Evaluation Use: The Principal Investigator’s Perspective

As an evaluator, have you ever spent hours working on an evaluation report only to find that your client skimmed it or...

Quick Graphics with Canva

In your ATE project, you often have to develop different communication materials for your stakeholders.  To make them more interesting, and move...

ATE PI 2015 Workshop

ATE PI 2015- Workshop: Mid-Life Project Evaluation: Setting the Stage for Continued Funding