Evaluation & Assessment
The Alternative Energy Automotive project has developed a comprehensive evaluation
and assessment plan in conjunction with the project’s external evaluator The Rucks
Group. The evaluation approach includes both formative and summative evaluation. The
evaluation is framed by five evaluative questions which reflect both formative evaluation,
accountability factors and project implementation; and summative evaluation, the impact
or the difference the project is making on students, industry and the overall region.
An overview of the project’s evaluation plan can be found in the following document:
Evaluation Plan
Evaluation Report 2019
Brief Report: Course Feedback Winter Quarter 2019
Brief Report: Instructors Workshop 2018
Brief Report: AFVE Workshop 2018
Interim Evaluation Report 2017
About the Rucks Group
Leading the evaluation in partnership with the PI is Dr. Lana Rucks, Principal Consultant
with The Rucks Group. The Rucks Group is a six-person research and evaluation firm
that gathers, analyzes, and interprets data to enable our clients to measure the impact
of their work. Dr. Rucks holds a doctorate degree in Social Psychology with a concentration
in quantitative methods from The Ohio State University (OSU). Dr. Rucks also holds
two Master of Arts degrees in Social Psychology and Experimental Psychology from OSU
and the University of Dayton, respectively.
The Rucks Group evaluation team has extensive broad experience as an external evaluator,
but also deep specific experience within the NSF ATE community. The Rucks Group works
with several ATE-funded projects and serves as the evaluator for the Community College
of Beaver County (1400503: Systemic Change Through Process Technology); Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (1304726: UPDATE: Utilities Pipeline Development for Advanced Technological Education and 1406857: Welding: Wisconsin’s Ultimate Rural STEM Pathway); and Sinclair Community College (1601038: Building an Academic Pathway for Aerial Sensing Data Analysts and 1600455: Increasing Technician Preparedness in the Built Environment) as well as EvaluATE (1600992), the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) evaluation
resource center (Western Michigan University), and ATE Central (1261744) all funded
by the Advanced Technology Education program.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under
Grant No. 1600689.