CMOP Assessment

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CMOP Assessment

• Education Diversity

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Assessment to Date

• Consolidation of assessment efforts
• OEA assessing education and diversity
• Assessment plan
• Logic models
• Link between objectives, metrics, and data
  sources
• Defined short- and long-term metrics for success
• Expansion of metrics
• Quality of educational experiences
• Strength of partnerships

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Assessment to Date

• Assessment of pilot programs
• Learning opportunities for youth
• K 12 research (students teachers)
• Undergraduate research experience
• Findings related to impact
• Formative findings, changes to program
• Specificity of camp content, student motivation
• Engaging high school students earlier, ongoing
  support for teachers
• Recruitment of undergraduates, mentor training,
  exposure to science careers

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2008-2009
Summer/Fall 2008 Winter/Spring 2009
K 12Education Pre- and post-group interviews with ASE participants Pre- and post-surveys for Saturday Academy CoaCH pilot students Post-workshop surveys for CoaCH mentors Interviews and coordination with pre-college educational partners with snowball sample Development of participant program tracking database Brief follow-up interviews with ASE participants (2007 2008) Interviews and coordination with pre-college educational partners with snowball sample
Higher Education Brief pre- and post-surveys for undergraduate researchers Post-focus groups with undergraduate researchers (2 groups) Interviews with researchers and mentors Development of participant program tracking database Brief online follow-up survey for undergraduate researchers (2007 2008) CMOP seminar series observation Group interviews with CMOP graduate students
DiversityInitiatives Observation of community or national events Development of participant program tracking database Interviews with partners and connections
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Future Thinking

• Tracking mechanisms
• Initial database developed based on assessment
  plan
• CMOP staff collaboration
• Procedures in place to ensure tracking
• Reiteration and revision of assessment plan