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This evaluation project seeks to assess the impact and effectiveness of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. This evaluation project addresses four basic questions important to ATE and its stakeholders: (1) To what degree is the program achieving its goals? (2) Is it making an impact, reaching the individuals and groups intended? (3) How effective is it when it reaches its constituents? (4) Are there ways the program can be significantly improved? These reports reflect the findings to date in the evaluation of the ATE program. Option 1: Status Report 1: The Nature of the ATE Program (May 2000)This report addresses the nature of the ATE program and describes the work done by the Advanced Technological Education Program. It will also begin to assess the congruence between the goals of the ATE program and its funded projects. The report serves two purposes. First, information used in this report was gathered to give us a clearer understanding of the ATE program. That understanding provided the basis for design and development of evaluation instruments and procedures. Second, the ATE program is of direct interest to a wide array of educators, especially those in associate degree institutions, and to the general public. Congress specifically stated its strong interest in this program by passing the "Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act" (October 23, 1992). This status report is intended to help these audiences better understand the ATE program. Status Report 2: Findings from a Survey of ATE Projects and Centers (October 2000) Authors: Arlen Gullickson, Frances Lawrenz, and Nanette Keiser Eleven centers and 104 projects funded prior to 2000 had not yet completed their grant-funding period when this evaluation began. One project and 1 center agreed to help with the development and pilot testing of our instrument and were not asked to respond to the final survey. The remaining 113 sites were chosen as the sample for our survey. The purpose of the survey was to better understand the nature of the ATE projects/centers and to begin to address the effectiveness of these grants. The survey was web based, and respondents could provide the requested information using their computers once they were given their individual user names and passwords. (See below for the links to individual components of Status Report 2) Option 2: Executive Summary [PDF] Option 3: Report [PDF]
Option 4: Summary of Survey 2000 Raw Data Option 5: If you have any questions and/or comments, please direct them to: The publications are in Adobe Acrobat PDF. To view them, you will need to download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software. |