Building an Indigenous Framework for Evaluation: The American Indian STEM Evaluation Resource Center

该项目的目标是使评估“成为印度国家高质量和持续的STEM学习和改进的重要工具”。也就是说，该项目将为设计和评价对文化有反应的教育干预提供一个模型。提议者解释说：“……随着美洲印第安人社区从传统价值观和文化中制定和实施新的战略，以提高其青年的教育成就，同样迫切需要建立新的评估过程，这种评估过程必须足够强大，以适应和重视不同的“认识方式”，在印第安教育者群体中建立主人主人感和社区意识；并有效地促进高质量和可持续的STEM教育项目的发展。这些目标将通过开发四个具体产品来实现，所有这些产品都源于(1)开发用于评估STEM教育的本土框架。相关产品包括(2)开发美国印第安人STEM评估资源中心，该中心将为部落学院教职员工、K-12部落学校的管理人员和教师提供技术援助和支持资源；发展一个评估研究所，包括(3)为印度教育工作者举办为期四天的区域评估研讨会和(4)研究生水平评估在线实习，以获得研究生学分。PI还计划与密歇根大学合作开发一个在线门户网站，以支持远程学习和协作工作。项目门户网站的目的是促进提供培训和其他支助服务，分发资源材料，建立一个论坛，就评价理论、做法和标准进行持续对话，并提供进入有关网站的途径。

The goal of the project would be for evaluation to "become a vital tool for high quality and sustained STEM learning and improvement in Indian Country." That is, the project will provide a model for the design and evaluation of culturally responsive educational interventions. The proposer explains "... as American Indian communities develop and implement new strategies for improving the educational attainment of their youth that draw from traditional values and culture, an equally compelling need exist to establish new evaluation processes that are robust enough to accommodate and value different "ways of knowing", build ownership and a sense of community within groups of Indian educators; and efficiently contribute to the development of high quality and sustainable STEM education programs. These goals would be accomplished through the development of four specific products, all stemming from the (1) development of an indigenous framework for the evaluation of STEM education. Related products include (2) the development of the American Indian STEM Evaluation Resource Center, which will provide technical assistance and support resources to tribal college staff and faculty and administrators and teachers in K-12 tribal schools; development of an Evaluation Institute to include (3) a four-day regional evaluation seminar for Indian educators and (4) a graduate level evaluation practicum on-line for graduate credit. The PI also plans to work with the University of Michigan to develop an on-line portal to support distance learning and collaborative work. The project portal will be designed to facilitate the delivery of training and other support services, to disseminate resource materials, to establish a forum for an on-going dialogue re: evaluation theory practice and standards and to provide access to related websites.