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

该项目的目标是评估“成为印度国家高质量和可持续的STEM学习和改进的重要工具”。也就是说，该项目将为设计和评估响应文化的教育干预措施提供一个模式。提名人解释说：“..。随着美国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，以提高他们的年轻人的教育素养，同样迫切需要建立新的评估程序，这些程序足够强大，足以适应和重视不同的“了解方式”，在印度教育工作者群体中建立主人翁意识和社区意识；并有效地促进高质量和可持续的STEM教育计划的发展。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)制定评估STEM教育的本土框架。相关产品包括(2)开发美洲印第安人STEM评估资源中心，该中心将向K-12部落学校的部落学院工作人员和教职员工以及行政人员和教师提供技术援助和支持资源；(3)开发评估研究所，包括(3)为印度教育工作者举办为期四天的地区评估研讨会；(4)为毕业生学分在线提供研究生水平评估实践。国际和平研究所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。该项目门户网站将设计为便利提供培训和其他支助服务，传播资源材料，为正在进行的对话建立一个论坛：评价理论、实践和标准，并提供相关网站的访问。

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.