Evaluation Resources
SEPA projects are evaluated to ascertain the impact on participants through the use of various evaluation tools such as interviews, focus groups, surveys, knowledge tests, and other instruments. Evaluation questions should focus on: “Is this project effectively teaching and engaging students in the field of study?” “Did it meet its objectives?” “How do we know?” The exact evaluation is customized for the objectives of each project. Investigators may find this information valuable in getting ideas for how to evaluate their own projects. Teachers and others may also find the information useful.
Sample Evaluation Reports from SEPA-funded Projects
- Barbara Goldbert & Associates, LLC: Evaluation of the UW-Milwaukee SEPA Project, 2011–2012 (PDF)
http://www.goldberg-evaluation.com/PDFs/SEPA.2013.Executive%20Summary.FINAL.010213.pdf - Being Me: Summative Evaluation (PDF)
http://www.newknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/NKO-2014-Summative-Report_WEB.pdf - BrainU: Project Evaluation (PDF)
http://brainu.org/project-evaluation - Connecting Classrooms and Community with the Health Sciences: An outreach program in rural New England Schools
http://www2.montshire.org/dminstitute/classrooms-and-community.html - Evaluation Report: University of Nebraska Medical Center | SEPA — Breaking Barriers (PDF)
http://www.unmc.edu/media/sepa/20091122_summativereportteachadmin.pdf - Q-Cubed Results: The University of Arizona
http://ignorance.medicine.arizona.edu/results/home - SEPA Fitness — Exhibit A Front End Evaluation Report: Prepared for Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (PDF)
https://www.omsi.edu/sites/default/files/SEPAfitness.pdf - World of Viruses | Biology of Human: Research & Evaluation
http://worldofviruses.unl.edu/social-science-research/
Evaluation tools, surveys and instruments
- Citizen Science Central — Evaluation Instruments: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/evaluation/instruments - Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL)
http://oerl.sri.com/instruments/instruments.html - W.K. Kellogg Foundation — Logic Model Development Guide
https://www.wkkf.org/resource-directory/resource/2006/02/wk-kellogg-foundation-logic-model-development-guide
Evaluation Resources Websites
- American Evaluation Association
http://www.eval.org/ - CAISE: Principal Investigator’s Guide: Managing Evaluation in Informal STEM Education Projects
http://www.informalscience.org/principal-investigators-guide-managing-evaluation-informal-stem-education-projects-pi-guide - Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH)
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/metrics/ - PEAR: Assessment Tools in Informal Science
http://www.pearweb.org/atis - STELAR: A Program Director’s Guide to Evaluating STEM Education Programs: Lessons Learned from Local, State, and National Initiatives
http://stelar.edc.org/publications/program-directors-guide-evaluating-stem-education-programs-lessons-learned-local-state - STELAR: STEM Learning and Research Center
http://stelar.edc.org/resources
