Comments for AEA365

Comment on From Boring to Brilliant: Redesigning Student Assent Forms for Neurodiverse Audiences by Andrew Grillo-Hill, Joshua Valcarcel, Kimberly Nguyen, Karen Melchior, Corynn Del Core, and Rasha Elsayed by Dennis Garland

Dennis Garland — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:05:16 +0000

Excellent! Congratulations and thanks for your thoughtful work!

Comment on CDC Releases Updated Program Evaluation Framework by Daniel Kidder, Elena Luna, Heather Salvaggio, Destiny Bruce, Cassandra Davis, and Michael Kerzner by Kem

Kem — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:34:44 +0000

Thank you very much for your work.

Comment on Rad Resources for Boosting Efficiency: AI-Generated Evaluation Reports from Data by Kinsey Simone by Maria Hall

Maria Hall — Sun, 17 May 2026 05:32:52 +0000

AI-generated reports from data are much easier to review when the output is portable. I see the same thing with Jupyter notebooks; converting .ipynb files to PDF with IPYNB Tools makes results easier to share with evaluators and clients.

Comment on DVR TIG Week: AI Can’t Write Your Report, But It Can Make It Better by Arthur Hernandez by Noemi Avalos

Noemi Avalos — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:19:01 +0000

This was super helpful-thank you Art!

Comment on Washington Evaluators Week: Diaper Banks, Crisis Response, and Organizational Decision Making by Malasia Williams by Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:36:54 +0000

Thank you for this, it really broke things down for me, especially when you explained how you use the data you collect, I appreciate thatit.

Comment on Environmental Program Eval TIG Week: Conserved Landscapes: Investing in Human Well-Being by Christian Marin by Jessica Manta-Meyer

Jessica Manta-Meyer — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:52:01 +0000

What a beautiful post! And a beautiful reminder to pause and observe. Thank you.

Comment on Youth Focused Evaluation TIG Week: Young women co-researchers lead in a formative evaluation in 7 countries in Asia Pacific by Elaine Stavnitzky and Kimberley Teillet-Meunier by Selina Akhter Keya

Selina Akhter Keya — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:46:43 +0000

I was so excited to see our post featured on AEA365. Being part of this team’s journey has truly felt like a transformational experience not only for the young women we worked alongside, but also for us as researchers and collaborators.

The lessons and insights we gained offered encouragement to rethink our approaches and to contribute to pathways for change in a more strategic and impactful manner.

Comment on Youth Focused Evaluation TIG Week: From Safe Spaces to Systemic Change: Youth-Led Evaluation Through Stories of Transformation by Tabitha Mayusmita Sarkar and Selina Akhter Keya by Selina Akhter Keya

Selina Akhter Keya — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:33:52 +0000

Hello fellows! i encourage your comments and questions on it. Your valuable interaction will help the journey fruitful for young women across the world for a safe, dignified and livable world for them.

Comment on Gestalt Empowerment Evaluation: Building an AI-Driven Evaluation Knowledge Base (GPT) and an Evaluation Repository (NotebookLM) by David Fetterman and Paul St. Roseman by Jonathan Peter Scaccia

Jonathan Peter Scaccia — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:48:27 +0000

Hi David and Paul

Because words are important (e.g. Gestalt), I have to push back on something in this blog. It is a mistake to frame evaluation work (or its implementation) as AI-driven. Like email, Excel, and online survey collection, AI is a tool. AI (and specifically LLMs) should not drive any part of our work.

As someone who is extremely AI-positive, I believe the use cases of LLMs only are valuable in so much as there is a sensemaking layer between input –> model and output –> intepretation. “AI-informed” is a much more useful and accurate phrase.

Comment on Lessons Learned from Evaluating Youth-Serving Programs Across Education and Restorative Justice by Danni Dorancy and Sabrina Comic Savic by Dr. Maggie Schultz

Dr. Maggie Schultz — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:38:39 +0000

This was a very insightful post. As you likely know, restorative justice efforts can be difficult to evaluate if you don’t acknowledge the surrounding system. What some may see as an intervention focused on ‘problem’ students often needs to be focused on the whole school. I also completely agree that process eval is essential here to reveal unexpected complexities in implementation. In my experience, required outcomes were tied to processes that were implemented unevenly (such as discipline referrals). Thank you for sharing your expertise.