ATE principal investigators (PIs) who received both oral and written reports from their evaluators indicated more use of their evaluation results than those who received just one type of report. Regardless of report format, more than half of PIs said they used evaluation results to make changes to project activities.

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The full report of the 2015 ATE survey findings is available at http://www.evalu-ate.org/annual_survey/, along with data snapshots and downloadable graphics.

About the Authors

Lori Wingate

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Executive Director, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Lori has a Ph.D. in evaluation and more than 20 years of experience in the field of program evaluation. She is co-principal investigator of EvaluATE and leads a variety of evaluation projects at WMU focused on STEM education, health, and higher education initiatives. Dr. Wingate has led numerous webinars and workshops on evaluation in a variety of contexts, including CDC University and the American Evaluation Association Summer Evaluation Institute. She is an associate member of the graduate faculty at WMU.

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