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开发一个基于经验的概念框架，使“文化响应性评价”可操作性，在学校人员（校长和教师）的专业发展研讨会上调查该框架的有效性和效用，并批评应用该框架产生的评价设计。文化相关性评估研究所（RCEI）包括一个专业发展研讨会，使教师和校长掌握文化响应性项目评估的基本技能，并有机会利用这些技能开发用于学校的设计。该项目还为参与学校提供了由专家评估人员提供的为期四个月的技术支持，以支持制定与《不让一个孩子掉队法》要求相关的评估计划。RCEI基于Stafford Hood博士（RCEW中文化的相关性评估研讨会）开发和实施的模型，之前由美国国家科学基金会资助。在这项研究和发展活动成功完成后，该项目将通过增加采用文化反应性评估实践的评估人员的数量和该领域有色评估人员的数量，对评估领域的能力产生重大影响。该项目还将初步验证一种工具，以建立对文化有反应的评价能力。

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.