SGER: Staging the Design and Work of Evaluation: Piloting A Stage-One Evaluation of a Complex Educational Initiative

这个SGER项目检查和测试大型复杂计划的阶段评估的前提。该项目将研究和描述这种分阶段的方法，然后使用当前的NSF化学项目进行原型第一阶段评估，作为测试概念的一种方式。该项目是高度创新的，因为评估的结构或资助方式很少是研究或创新的主题。例如，虽然在编写教学材料时经常使用试点研究，但在进行评价研究时却不使用这种方法。SGER与评价理论密切相关，有可能为大型复杂项目的评价研究提供一种新的方法。

This SGER project examines and tests the premise of staged evaluations of large, complex initiatives. The project will study and describe such a staged approach and then conduct a prototype stage-one evaluation using a current NSF Chemistry program as a way to test out the concept. The project is highly innovative as the way evaluations are structured or funded are seldom the subject of research or innovation. While pilot studies are often used in the development of instructional materials, for example, this approach is not used in conducting evaluation studies. The SGER links strongly to evaluation theory, and has the potential to articulate a new approach for conducting evaluative studies of large, complicated projects.