Relevance of Culture in Evaluation Institute (RCEI): An Institute and Organizational Change Project Building Culturally Responsive Evaluation Capacity

该项目的总体重点是制定一个以经验为基础的概念性框架，将“响应文化的评估”付诸实施，在学校工作人员(校长和教师)的专业发展讲习班上调查这一框架的有效性和实用性，并对该框架的应用所产生的评估设计提出批评。文化在评估机构的相关性(RCEI)包括一个专业发展研讨会，以使教师和校长掌握响应文化的项目评估的基本技能，并有机会利用这些技能开发供其学校使用的设计。该项目还向参与学校提供为期四个月的技术支助，由一名专家评估员支持制定与《不让一个孩子掉队》立法要求相联系的评估计划。RCEI基于斯塔福德·胡德博士(RCEW评估研讨会的文化相关性)开发和实施的模型，以前由NSF资助。在成功完成这项研究和开发活动后，该项目将通过增加采用符合文化的评价做法的评价人员和在实地实践色彩的评价人员的数量，对评价领域的能力产生重大影响。该项目还将开始验证建设适应文化的评价能力的工具。

The overall focus of the project is to develop an empirically-based conceptual framework operationalizing "culturally responsive evaluation", investigating the efficacy and utility of this framework in a professional development workshop of school personnel (principals and teachers), and critiquing the evaluation designs which result from application of the framework. The Relevance of Culture in Evaluation Institute (RCEI) includes a professional development workshop to equip teachers and principals with basic skills in culturally responsive program evaluation and an opportunity to utilize those skills in developing a design for use in their school. The project additionally provides participating schools with four months of technical support by an expert evaluator supporting development of evaluation plans linked to the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Legislation. The RCEI is based on a model developed and implemented by Dr. Stafford Hood (Relevance of Culture in Evaluation Workshop RCEW) and previously funded by NSF. Upon successful completion of this research and development activity, the project will have significantly impacted capacity within the field of evaluation by increasing both the number of evaluators who employ evaluative practices that are culturally responsive, and the number of evaluators of color practicing in the field. The project will also provide beginning validation of a tool for building culturally responsive evaluation capacity.