Data Collection and Analysis, Interpretation | Blog Post
2016
Six Data Cleaning Checks
Data cleaning is the process of verifying and editing data files to address issues of inconsistency and missing information. Errors in data...
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Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2016
How Real-time Evaluation Can Increase the Utility of Evaluation Findings
Evaluations are most useful when evaluators make relevant findings available to project partners at key decision-making moments. One approach to increasing the...
Data Collection and Analysis, Management | Blog Post
2016
Student Learning Assessments: Issues of Validity and Reliability
In my last post, I talked about the difference between program evaluation and student assessment. I also touched on using existing assessments...
Data Collection and Analysis, Management | Blog Post
2016
Using Learning Assessments in Evaluations
If you need to evaluate your project, but get confused about whether there should be a student assessment component, it’s important to...
Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2016
Designing Cluster Randomized Trials to Evaluate Programs
The push for rigorous evaluations of the impact of interventions has led to an increase in the use of randomized trials (RTs)....
Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results, Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2016
Color Scripting to Measure Engagement
Last year I went to the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. This was a conference for Disney fans everywhere. I got to...
Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2016
Project Data for Evaluation: Google Groups Project Team Feedback
At Censeo Group, a program evaluation firm located in northeast Ohio, we are evaluating a number of STEM projects and often face...
Data Collection and Analysis, Management, Planning & Design | Blog Post
2015
Getting Ready to Reapply – Highlighting Results of Prior Support
Hello. My name is Amy A. Germuth and I own EvalWorks, LLC, an education evaluation firm in Durham, NC, which has a...
Data Collection and Analysis, Management, Planning & Design | Blog Post
2015
Evaluation’s Role in Retention and Cultural Diversity in STEM
Recently, I attended the Building Pathways and Partnerships in STEM for a Global Network conference, hosted by the State University of New...
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