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实践为基础的概念框架，使“文化敏感的评价”可操作化，在学校工作人员（校长和教师）专业发展讲习班上调查这一框架的效力和效用，并对应用这一框架所产生的评价设计提出批评。文化在评价研究所（RCEI）的相关性包括一个专业发展研讨会，以装备教师和校长在文化上敏感的方案评价的基本技能，并有机会利用这些技能在开发设计中使用他们的学校。该项目还向参与学校提供为期四个月的技术支持，由一名专家评估员协助制定与《不让一个孩子掉队立法》要求有关的评估计划。RCEI基于斯塔福德胡德博士（评估研讨会RCEW中的文化相关性）开发和实施的模型，该模型以前由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文化响应性评估实践的评估人员数量以及在该领域实践的颜色评估人员数量，对评估领域的能力产生重大影响。该项目还将开始验证一种工具，以建立对文化敏感的评价能力。

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.