CISE REU Evaluation Toolkit Extension

该项目将为计算机与信息科学与工程本科生研究经验（CISE REU）社区的外部评估活动和服务提供长期支持。该项目将通过提供一个评估工具包，促进评估报告，同时加强对本科生研究项目成果的研究，解决正在履行CISE REU网站项目评估工作的主要研究人员的持续需求。评估工具包的主要目的是为高质量的项目评估提供目标资源和工具，以平衡对标准化评估的需求以及对单个项目环境的责任。工具包内容包括关于评估实践的指导材料，标准化的申请人管理工具，以及经过验证的调制结果测量。与该工具包相关的服务包括：为网站招聘提供通用应用程序，为主要研究人员协调共享申请人池，以便跨网站共享申请人，提供在线学生调查（称为a la Carte student survey），并为REU网站主要研究人员开发量身定制的分析。项目扩展将包括开发校友跟踪工具，以帮助调查人员评估长期结果，并研究教师指导和职业影响。该工具包的好处在于提供具有成本效益的、可持续的评估工具、项目评估的社区论坛以及关键项目结果指标的汇总度量。本项目的主要贡献在于改进了对基于证据的本科生研究项目评估实践的理解，以帮助教师成功地管理这些项目。该项目有助于理解本科生计算研究项目对学生和教师参与者的影响。全面的项目评估将为招募和指导参与前沿研究的本科生提供集体努力。本研究所产生的知识还将提供有关教师如何参与REU网站及其职业影响的见解。

This project will provide long-term support for external evaluation activities and services for the Computing and Information Sciences and Engineering Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CISE REU) community. This project will address the ongoing need among principal investigators who are fulfilling CISE REU Site program evaluation efforts by providing an evaluation toolkit that facilitates evaluation reporting while strengthening research about undergraduate research program outcomes. The primary purpose of the evaluation Toolkit is to provide targeted resources and tools for quality program evaluation that balance the desire for standardized assessment along with the responsibility to account for individual program contexts. Toolkit contents include instructional materials about evaluation practice, a standardized applicant management tool, and a validated modulated outcomes measure. Services associated with the Toolkit are providing a Common Application for site recruiting, coordinating a Shared Applicant Pool for principal investigators to share applicants across sites, delivering an online student survey known as the A la Carte Student Survey, and developing tailored analyses to REU Site principle investigators. Project expansion will include development of an Alumni Tracking tool to help investigators evaluate long-term outcomes and a study of faculty mentoring and career impact. The benefits of the toolkit are in providing cost effective, sustainable evaluation tools, a community forum for program evaluation, and aggregate measurement of key program outcomes indicators. The key contribution of project is in the refinement of understanding evidence-based practices in evaluating undergraduate research programs to help faculty successfully manage these programs. The project contributes to understanding the impact of undergraduate computing research programs for both students and faculty participants. The comprehensive program evaluation will inform collective efforts to recruit and mentor undergraduate students involved in cutting-edge research. The knowledge generated by this study will also provide insights about how faculty engage in REU Sites and the impact on their careers.