The Evaluation Process
How are learning impacts evaluated in public libraries? What is currently known about the nature of STEM learning in public libraries? What critical factors that lead to rich and effective STEM learning experiences in libraries? Review findings from leaders in evaluating public library programs, then join the ongoing discussion!
- Measures of Connected Learning
Katie Van Horne, Bill Penuel, Vera Michalchik - Youth Program Quality Assessment (PQA)
Charles Smith, Executive Director - Research and Evaluation Instruments
James Bell, Project Director - Assessment Tools in Informal Science
Noyce Foundation & PEAR - STEM Learning and Research Instruments
The STELAR Center
- Developing, Validating, and Implementing Situated Evaluation Instruments (DEVISE)
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Building Informal Science Education (BISE)
BISE Project Team - The Learning Activation Lab
Rena Dorph, Director - Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL)
Edys Quellmalz, Project Director - From Soft Skills to Hard Data: Measuring Youth Program Outcomes
Karen Pittman, Co-Founder, President and CEO
- STAR_Net Front-end Evaluation Report
Kate Haley Goldman (2011) - STAR Net Summative Evaluation Report
Ginger Fitzhugh, Julie Elworth, Vicky Ragan Coulon (2013) - Toward a systematic evidence-base for science in out-of-school time: the role of assessment
Hussar K, Schwartz S, Boiselle E, Noam GG (2008)