Conference Training Grant: Broadening Participation of MSI Faculty in Evaluation Training and the Profession

这项建议是在认识到迫切需要建设国家教育评估机构的能力的情况下提出的，更具体地说，是增加具有文化协调性和少数群体代表性的评估者的存在和参与。在过去的几年里，国家科学基金会S教育和人力资源局的研究、评估和传播司支持扩大以实地能力建设为重点的参与活动。一个具体的倡议是为教授评估的少数族裔教员举办评估研讨会，但他们不是美国评估协会(AEA)或该专业的一部分。我们的目标是让他们融入其中，并通过他们提醒他们的学生学习评估方法，并将评估作为一种可能的职业选择。这项提案要求资金继续努力扩大少数族裔服务机构(MSI)教员对评估这一职业的理解，并通过各种途径加强他们对评估理论和方法的知识，包括参加由NSF/AEA赞助的扩大参与倡议，该倡议将包括：(A)在美国评估协会(AEA)2007年年会上举行的各种会议和会议(包括有针对性的研讨会)，(B)接触AEA治理及其成员，(C)与高级评估教员和从业人员以及以前的MSI教员建立网络联系，(C)出席在霍华德大学主校区举行的春季后续会议。根据这一计划，将特别重视让教师接触到与文化和情境响应性评估培训和实践相关的问题。该项目的主要重点将是确定和招聘10名在华盛顿特区/巴尔的摩大都市区教授计划评估课程的MSI教师。此外，将从以前的NSF/AEA扩大参与倡议中招募10名参与者参与这项为期12个月的努力。该项目完成后，预计被选中的教师将能够(A)利用所提供的资源和信息，并有效地将所获得的理论和程序知识纳入其评估/研究研究课程，(B)计划扩大各自机构的评估活动，以及(C)参与合作评估工作。将对该项目进行形成性和总结性评价，以评估进展和成果。

This proposal is submitted with the acknowledgement that there is an urgent need to build the capacity of the national education evaluation enterprise and, more specifically, to increase the presence and participation of culturally attuned and minority represented evaluators. Over the past several years, the Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication, within the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Education and Human Resources Directorate has supported broadening participation activities focused on capacity building in the field. One specific initiative has been an Evaluation Workshop for minority faculty members who teach evaluation, but are not part of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) or the profession. The goal has been to bring them into the fold and through them alert their students to evaluation methodology and to evaluation as a possible career choice. This proposal requests funds to continue efforts to broaden the understanding of faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) regarding evaluation as a profession and to strengthen their knowledge of evaluation theory and methods through varied avenues including participation in an NSF/AEA-sponsored Broadening Participation Initiative that will include: (a) sessions and meetings (including a targeted workshop) held at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) 2007 Annual Conference, (b) exposure to the AEA governance and its membership, (c) networking with senior-level evaluation faculty and practitioners as well as previous MSI faculty participants, and (c) attendance at a spring follow up meeting on the main campus of Howard University. Under this Initiative particular emphasis will be placed on exposing faculty to issues related to culturally and contextually responsive evaluation training and practice.A major focus of this project would be to identify and recruit ten MSI faculty who teach program evaluation courses within the Washington, DC/Baltimore metropolitan area. In addition, ten participants from previous NSF/AEA Broadening Participation Initiatives will be recruited to participate in this 12-month effort. Upon completion of this project, it is expected that the selected faculty will be able to (a) utilize the resources and information provided and to effectively integrate theoretical and procedural knowledge gained within their evaluation/research research courses, (b) plan an expansion of evaluation activities at their individual institutions, and (c) participate in collaborative evaluation efforts. A formative and summative evaluation of the project will be undertaken to assess progress and outcomes.