Publications

Credential As You Go Priority 1 Feasibility Research: Focus Group (2023)

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Kirk Knestis

Kirk Knestis – Evaluand LLC This report summarizes analysis of narrative evidence collected through focus groups for the Credential As You Go initiative’s incremental credential feasibility study, named as Priority 1 for the 3-year grant project funded by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES). This research was developed and implemented by

Government-Industry-University Partnerships to Further Gender Equity In STEM Workforce Education (2022)

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Kirk Knestis

Kirk Knestis PhD – Inciter, Evaluand LLC Joselina Cheng – University of Central Oklahoma Claire M. Fontaine – Inciter Rebekah Feng – Becks Intelligence Group This paper has two goals: First, to detail processes through which a project funded under a National Science Foundation workforce development program (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers,

K-12 Education Innovations and Evidence-Building Agendas: Expectations and Opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (2020)

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Kirk Knestis

Kirk Knestis PhD – Evaluand LLC The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB) has been a key influence on my professional work as an education researcher and program evaluator. This was mostly through an accident of timing, as NCLB came to be just as I was finishing my PhD

Workforce Education Models for K-12 STEM Education Programs (2016):

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Kirk Knestis

David Reider – Evaluation Design Inc. Kirk Knestis – Evaluand LLC Joyce Malyn-Smith – Education Development Center Inc. This article proposes a STEM workforce education logic model, tailored to the particular context of the National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program. This model aims to help program designers