This survey serves three primary purposes: (1) to provide information about the work of the ATE program (2) to provide information that will guide possible follow-up studies on specific topics and issues, and (3) to guide projects in their activities.
Findings from this survey will be used by NSF program staff to prepare their annual reports and make program decisions. ATE projects and centers, can use the results of this survey to learn about the activities and findings reported by other ATE grantees and to serve their own information needs. Additional information about the ATE program evaluation, as well as the survey form in pdf and online versions, is available at our Web site at http://ate.wmich.edu.
The deadline for online and paper survey responses is March 30, 2007. A complete survey schedule, including reporting dates, will be communicated through our Web site and via e-mail to ATE principal investigators. We will neither report individual survey responses nor attribute any data to a specific respondent. Survey findings and aggregated data across projects and centers will be reported through our Web site, via interactive data displays, and through formal reports to NSF.
We recommend that you review this document before responding so that you will have all the necessary information at hand to complete the survey. Any questions regarding this survey should be directed to
Barbara Wygant
ATE Program Evaluation Research Associate
The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University
269-387-5905
barbara.wygant@wmich.edu
Thank you for participating in this survey process.
ATE Program Evaluation
The Evaluation Center
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5237
Direct: (269) 387-5905
Fax: (269) 387-5923
barbara.wygant@wmich.edu