Evaluation & Assessment

AWE Resources

AWE, the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering Project, offers assessment surveys, literature resources and capacity building tools for STEM outreach and education personnel.

Use AWE surveys to understand whether your outreach activities are achieving the goals that you want them to!

AWE surveys—redesigned with NGCP outreach activities in mind—are tested, realizable and easily personalized to your activities. AWE surveys are easily accessible as paper downloads on AWEonline.org, following a quick, free registration. Exportable online versions are also available. Download the AWE Survey Implementer Guide at the same time to support your use and adaptation.

AWE support tools include:

• Literature Overviews— Browse these to find out more about the girls you serve
• Spreadsheets for survey data entry
• Tips on assessment
• Much more

Find out more:
AWEonline.org – Access to all AWE products and tools (with a quick free registration)
AWE Product List – A complete list of AWE assessment products and tools
AWE Overview – An overview of the AWE project and assessment tools

AWE NGCP Resources

• Developing Measurable Objectives http://www.ngcproject.org/documents/Developing_Measurable_Objectives.pdf
• NGCP Archived Webcast Good Assessment = Success: Developing Assessment Based Outreach Activities
  http://learningtimes.mmalliance.acrobat.com/p71053704/
  Join Barbara Bogue and Rose Marra, co- founders of the AWE Project, to learn more about developing assessment based programs and gain access to high quality pre- college survey instruments (that get at more than participant satisfaction).
• Webcast PDF
• Webcast summary publication

Other Evaluation Resources

• The New Girls' Movement: Assessment Tools for Youth Programs
  http://ms.foundation.org/user-assets/PDF/Program/HGHWToolkitWappendices.pdf
• The KIDS Program: Selected Evaluation Instruments University of Arkansas http://gk12.uark.edu/Selected%20Evaluation%20Instruments.html
• Assessment and Evaluation at the Foundation Coalition
  Includes introduction to assessment and evaluation, instruments and a glossary of terms http://foundationcoalition.org/home/keycomponents/assessment_evaluation.html
• National Science Foundation User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/start.htm