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Issue 32 - Winter 2011-2012
This issue reflects on ACET’s new brand and image as of January
1, 2012. We have a new logo, business cards, office stationary,
and a new website. Also, the back page features strategies to
combat constraints while working under pressure.
Issue 31 - Summer 2011
In
this issue, we feature an article by our Office Manager, Cassie
Clark, and our Research Assistant, Rachel Wofford, on an
instruction theory called backwards design. On the front
page, we highlight our upcoming summer activities and ACET
President Stella Zimmerman talks about her presentation to the
University of Minnesota-Extension office on impact reporting.
Also, join us in congratulating Rachel on her newly acquired
Master's degree from the University of Minnesota.
Issue 30 - Winter 2010-2011
The
ACET team reflects on the past year and discusses their trip to
San Antonio for the AEA conference in November. We also have a
special invitation regarding our blog! On the back page, Kirsten
presents the concept of universal design and discusses its use
and potential in the office environment.
Issue 29 - Summer 2010
This issue features ACET's first dissemination of their
newsletter in an online only format! Read about Kirsten's
article on APA style, a summary of ACET's second brown bag
workshop, and a feature on community-based participatory
research by our intern, Emily Spangler.
Issue 28 - Winter 2009-2010
President
Stella SiWan Zimmerman and the rest of the team reflect on the
past year and leak exciting changes for 2010. ACET also
introduces their Office Manager, Cassie Clark, and expresses
their gratitude to our latest intern, Bob Spencer. On the back
page, learn about Item Response Theory, also known as IRT.
Issue 27 - Fall 2009
Read about
ACET's first community workshop: Surveys 101. Also learn about
the many summer happenings of our team. Our back page features
an article on social media and how it can be an advantage in
evaluation.
Issue 26 - Summer 2009
For our
summer edition, we highlight ACET team member Joseph
Curiel. Also, see which award ACET's President, Stella SiWan
Zimmerman, recently received! Interested in learning more about
evaluation? Read about our upcoming brown bag seminars. Our back
page features an article about validity.
Issue 25 - Spring 2009
Learn about ACET’s newest
service, customized, scannable surveys, and a professional
development community, LinkedIn. On the back page, learn about
an alternative qualitative research method, photographic
storytelling.
Issue 24 - Winter 2008-2009
Learn about ACET’s new publication, co-authored with Dr. Michael
Rodriguez and Sandra Heidemann, Kirsten’s promotion, and meet
our newest intern, Tim Barry. The back page features an article
on the importance of data cleaning and some techniques to clean
a set of ‘dirty’ data.
Issue 23 - Fall 2008
In this
issue, read about Heather’s upcoming wedding and ACET’s recent
work in Continuous Quality Improvement. On the back page, read
about using non-linear logic models to enhance the description,
understanding, and evaluation of cultural and holistic programs.
Issue 22 - Summer 2008
See
pictures from ACET's 10th year anniversary celebration. Also,
read about the newest addition to the ACET team, Heather L.
Wolfgram. We thank Kristy Swanson for completing a semester-long
internship this spring. Key elements of a quality evaluation
plan are listed on the back page.
Issue 21 - Spring 2008
Read about
recent ACET developments, including an Open House to celebrate
our new space and our 10th anniversary. The back page article
explains the meaning of the phrase “statistically significant.”
Issue 20- Winter 2007-2008
Find a map to
ACET’s new
office location and learn about recent ACET developments,
including Kirsten Rewey’s Evaluation fellowship at the
University of Minnesota’s Youth Work Institute. The back page
features tips for developing a winning grant proposal.
Issue 19 - Fall 2007
Catch the opinions and suggestions of our
newsletter readers by examining the
results of our newsletter survey. Read about
three conferences ACET staff members attended over the summer.
The back page article addresses the tough question of deciding
how many focus groups to conduct when using this type of method
in an evaluation.
Issue 18 -
Summer 2007
Meet our newest intern,
Nicole Cueno, and catch up with a colleague who completed an
internship last year with ACET. Also learn about our inaugural
workshop on hierarchical linear modeling. The back page features
an article on the problems and solutions associated with missing
data.
Issue 17 - Spring 2007
Learn about
our new brown bag lunch series entitled the “Hour of Evaluation
Power.” Also featured in this edition is an article about using
incidence and prevalence rates in health research and
evaluation. You may also learn some interesting facts
about
Minnesota!
Issue 16 - Winter 2006-2007
Catch up with a long-time ACET consultant and a former
intern. Also in this issue, find part II of an article on
quasi-experimental research designs, and try your hand at an
evaluation-themed crossword puzzle (answers to the puzzle can be
found
here).
Issue 15 - Fall 2006
We have much news to share
this fall with Kirsten married on September 2, Cathy engaged for
a summer wedding in New York, and Elo Oju who joined our team as
a research intern. This issue also features assessment
results from a charter school in Saint Paul and a two part
article on quasi-experimental designs.
Issue 14 - Summer 2006
This issue
features many new developments for ACET and its consultants.
We have added two new additions to our team: A new full-time
Research and Evaluation Associate and an intern from the
University of Minnesota. Also read an interview with a
client on program and evaluation sustainability.
Issue 13 - Spring 2006
Join us to
help celebrate our new office location on April 21, 2006 from
3-6 pm. Play our trivia and test your knowledge about
ACET! Also read “Qualitative Research on Hmong
Philanthropic Practices,” an article by our intern, May Shoua
Moua.
Issue 12 - Winter 2005-2006
The Winter 2005-2006 edition of our newsletter includes a
an article on the benefits of organizational development written
by
Nancy Weiss. Also, read up on a recent Harvard University
bibliography project tracking youth program evaluation work in
the U.S. and ACET's entry in that bibliography.
Issue 11 - Fall 2005
The Fall 2005 issue features a profile of
Prairie Creek
Community School located in Northfield, Minnesota. Also
featured in this issue is an article on sample size and
demographic differences written by Michael C. Rodriguez and
Stella SiWan Cheung. Please be sure to check out the dear
friends and colleagues update.
Issue 10 - Summer 2005
The Summer 2005 issue features an article on Metaevaluation
and its implications for program improvement written by
Jason Butler.
Also featured in this issue is a friends and colleagues update,
descriptions of three exciting new publications, and a brief on
Value-Added models to improve educational assessment.
Issue 9 - Spring 2005
The Spring 2005 issue features an article on evaluating
literacy home visitor programs written by Amanda White.
Also featured in this issue is a brief piece detailing ethical
principles for evaluators and the evaluation field.
Issue 8 - Winter 2004-2005
The Winter 2005 issue provides an update on the ACET team
including a summary of the results of a recently concluded
evaluation of a local literacy initiative. Read about
another trip to
Washington,
D.C. by Stella SiWan Cheung, Chia Youyee Vang, and Mary Ellen
Murphy. Summaries of the 2004 newsletters are provided and
Amanda White, the Spring 2005 ACET intern, is briefly
introduced.
Issue 7 - Fall 2004
This issue features survey administration, record keeping,
and data management. Also read about a visit to Capitol
Hill by
Chia Youyee
Vang, Stella SiWan Cheung, Mary Ellen Murphy, and Vanessa
McKendall-Stephens to present findings on Hmong children’s
literacy development as part of a congressional briefing.
In addition, a new “Client Highlight” feature introduces
Friendship Academy of Fine Arts, a Minneapolis charter public
school.
Issue 6 - Summer 2004
Read about
Michael Rodriguez’s
article exploring the role of classroom assessment in student
performance, which was published in the Spring 2004 volume
of Applied Measurement in Education. This newsletter
issue also includes a tip sheet of considerations for survey
design as well as a helpful checklist for organizations or
individuals designing their own surveys.
Issue 5 - Spring 2004
Find answers to two common questions related to the No
Child Left Behind Act in ACET’s Spring 2004 issue. Be sure
to check out “Fundamental Elements to Consider when Evaluating
Technology Education Programs."
Issue 4 - Winter 2003-2004
The newsletter’s Winter 2003-04 edition celebrates ACET’s
fifth year of business with an overview of services and clients.
Also read “Moving from Descriptive to Inferential Evaluation:
Strategic Thinking for Educational and Non-profit Institutions”
for an insightful discussion aimed at helping organizations
choose the evaluation type that best meets their needs.
Issue 3 - Fall 2003
ACET’s third quarterly newsletter coincided with the launch
of the company’s website. Also in this issue, read “Timing
of Survey Administration.” This article compares two
popular survey models – pre-and-post, and post-and-follow-up –
discussing best-use situations, strengths, and weaknesses of
each.
Issue 2 - Summer 2003
Meet Marcel
Montañez, who joined ACET as Director of Research and Evaluation
in the summer of 2003. Also in this issue read “A
Description of Scores from Standardized Tests,” which
explores the differences between norm-referenced and
criterion-referenced test scores.
Issue 1 - Spring 2003
Do you know the difference between ESL, ELL, and LEP? In
ACET's debut issue, read "Structuring Education to Meet the
Needs of Bilingual Students" for helpful definitions of these
commonly used terms, as well as a discussion of various methods
used by schools to meet the needs of bilingual students.
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