National Resource Centers: Evaluation, IRIS, Performance Measures, the Kitchen Sink

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Access to the World and Its Languages
National Resource CentersEvaluation, IRIS,
Performance Measures, the Kitchen Sink
CIBE, FLAS, IIPP, LRC, and NRC Technical
Assistance Workshop February 2-3, 2009
I N T E R N A T I O N A L E D U C A T I O N
P R O G R A M S
U.S. Department of EducationInternational
Education Programs Service
www.ed.gov/ope/iegps
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Welcome

• Upcoming ambitious agenda for the next year!
• Mike Feranda and Eric Hajducsek, CDS2 (IRIS
  contractors)

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Performance Measures

• Percentage of less and least commonly taught
  languages, as defined by the Department of
  Education, that are taught at our Nation's Title
  VI NRCs.
• Currently there are 285 languages on the list. 

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Performance Measures

• Percentage of critical need languages, as defined
  by the Department of Education, taught at NRCs.
• Currently there are 78 languages on the list.

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Performance Measures

• Percentage of NRC grantees teaching intermediate
  or advanced courses in critical need languages,
  as defined by the Department of Education.

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Performance Measures

• Percentage of NRC master's and doctoral graduates
  who report that they found employment that
  utilizes their language and area skills.
• (We are still on the hook for this one, however,
  OMB has agreed to "table it" for the time-being,
  until the methodology is refined for collecting
  this information in the FLAS program.)

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Efficiency Measure

• Cost per Master's or doctoral degree graduate
  employed in fields of postsecondary education or
  government.

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Project Evaluation Profile (PEP)
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Grantee Role

• It is critical that grantees work with IEPS to
  develop NRC performance measures that can be
  presented to OMB as viable options to the student
  tracking measure

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HEOA Requirement

• It is critical that we work together to develop
  a viable option for student tracking
• (d) SURVEY.The Secretary shall assist grantees
  in developing a survey to administer to students
  who have completed programs under this title to
  determine postgraduate employment, education, or
  training. All grantees, where applicable, shall
  administer such survey once every two years and
  report survey results to the Secretary.

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HEOA Requirements

• In keeping with purposes of this part, the
  Secretary takes into account the degree to which
  activities of centers, programs, and fellowships
  at institutions of higher education address
  national needs, and generate information for and
  disseminate information to the public.
• The Secretary also considers an applicants
  record of placing students into postgraduate
  employment, education, or training in areas of
  national need and an applicants stated efforts
  to increase the number of such students that go
  into such placements.
• Each application must include-
• An explanation of how the activities funded by
  the grant will reflect diverse perspectives and a
  wide range of views and generate debate on world
  regions and international affairs and
• A description of how the applicant will encourage
  government service in areas of national need, as
  identified by the Secretary, as well as in areas
  of need in the education, business, and nonprofit
  sectors.

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IRIS Reclearance

• Feedback for changes will be collected during the
  spring/early summer
• IRIS will be submitted to OMB for reclearance in
  fall 2009
• Recleared system will be in place winter
  (February) 2010

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Evaluation Information in IRIS

• IRIS may include a section for you to input your
  programs detailed evaluation plan
• IRIS may include a section for you to upload any
  evaluations that you conduct during the 4 year
  grant cycle

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NRC Evaluation

• NRCs are up next
• Contract will be awarded in spring/summer 2009
• Grantee feedback on evaluation is very welcome!

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Elimination of Course Upload in IRIS

• Effective fall 2009
• Course information will be maintained using an
  html page
• New grantees will be allowed a one-time upload of
  initial information
• Course lists will rollover between grant cycles
  no data will be lost!

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New Downloads in IRIS

• On the public site (do not log in)
• Language Courses
• International and Area Courses
• FLAS Approved Languages
• Grantee Contact Lists