EvaluATE: Evaluation Learning and Resource Hub for Advanced Technological Education

EvaluATE是NSF先进技术教育（ATE）计划的评估学习和资源中心。该奖项将支持EvaluATE的研究，教育和网络建设活动，旨在提高ATE劳动力发展项目的质量和影响力。预计更高质量的评价将增加评价结果的潜力，为科学、技术、工程和数学劳动力发展的实践提供信息。 该项目的目标是：扩大有效的科学、技术、工程和数学教育评估实践的证据基础;提高ATE评估人员的评估知识和技能;提高ATE项目人员有效使用评估的能力（例如，该项目将开展四项研究，其总体目标是改进联邦资助项目的评估工作。 研究1探讨了ATE评估任务框架的有效性，以指导严格的项目评估的设计和执行。 研究2调查评价服务的采购情况。 研究3探讨了在ATE背景下衡量公平性，多样性和包容性的可行性。 研究4探讨了决策过程中的评价。借鉴成人学习的原则，该项目将帮助ATE项目评估人员和工作人员在他们的项目中设计、管理和使用评估。 基于现有的战略和资源，如网络研讨会和工作援助，项目小组计划整合和调查研究金和一对一的技术援助，在评价能力建设。 与其他ATE社区和能力建设工作合作，EvaluATE将促进包括评估人员和ATE从业人员在内的可持续ATE评估网络的发展。 这个网络有可能进一步加强ATE社区的评估能力，并使联邦资助的项目，重点是劳动力的发展进行严格的评估。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

EvaluATE is the evaluation learning and resource hub for NSF's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. This award will support EvaluATE's research, education, and network building activities, with the goal of enhancing the quality and impact of ATE workforce development projects. It is expected that higher quality evaluations will increase the potential of the evaluation results to inform practices in STEM workforce development. The goals of this project are to: Expand the evidence base for effective science, technology, engineering and mathematics education evaluation practices; Improve ATE evaluators' knowledge and skills in evaluation; Improve the ability of ATE project personnel to use evaluation effectively (e.g., for improvement, understanding, and accountability of federally funded projects focused on workforce development); and increase professional exchange and strengthen connections among ATE evaluation stakeholders.This project will conduct four research studies with the overarching goal of improving the evaluation of federally supported projects. Study 1 examines the validity of the ATE Evaluation Task Framework to guide the design and execution of rigorous project evaluation. Study 2 investigates the procurement of evaluation services. Study 3 explores the feasibility of measuring equity, diversity, and inclusion in the ATE context. Study 4 examines evaluation in decision-making. Drawing on adult learning principles, the project will help ATE project evaluators and personnel to design conduct, manage, and use evaluation in their projects. Building on existing strategies and resources, such as webinars and job aids, the project team plans to integrate and investigate fellowships and one-on-one technical assistance in evaluation capacity building. Working with other ATE community and capacity building efforts, EvaluATE will facilitate development of a sustainable ATE evaluation network that includes evaluators and ATE practitioners. This network has the potential to further strengthen the evaluation capacity of the ATE community and to enable rigorous evaluation of federally funded projects focused on workforce development.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.