To help instigate institutional change focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, we developed
and piloted a new tool, grounded in organizational psychology and behavior change theory, that
promotes a sound approach to better understand the inclination to institutional change and the
likelihood of using improved practices to instigate change effectively from multiple stakeholder
point of views. The Readiness, Willingness, and Ability (RWA) tool is grounded in the Theory of
Planned Behavior (TPB) (Ajzen, 1985) to examine individuals’ perceptions of the degree that
their colleagues, leadership and institution are positioned for change. The RWA domains were
not designed to act as a psychometric assessment of TPB, instead, it is rooted in TPB and
accommodates needs for practical administration and ease of understanding and application as
an institutional evaluation tool. In this session, we will present our tool, findings from five
institutions and next steps for its use.

Project report development can be a resource-consuming endeavor. During this demonstration, participants will learn how to create an R Markdown file in R that integrates both standard reporting text and R code that can be used to create Word, pdf, or HTML file reports at the click of the button.  Attendees will learn how to add visualizations, graphics, statistical analysis, and tables to these reports.  Standard R coding procedures and strategies that we have developed will be shared along with access to the code for everything shared during the demonstration.  Procedures on how to maintain participant anonymity as well as ways to positively highlight subgroup differences will also be shared. Using R Markdown, a free open source program is a great tool to have due to end users’ ability to share code with anyone around the world.  This eliminates the need to pay for expensive software and training.

For evaluation centers, project report development can be a resource-consuming endeavor. So, developing a report template is useful for an advanced start on the reporting process, and to create a standardized approach and look.  This collaborative process helps centers prepare a report structure early on in projects using predesigned templates and align data collection and analysis with the report content before data collection begins. This approach streamlines report development by enabling teams to design reports together and then hand them off to a colleague to complete the report independently. These templates can be created using R and R Markdown code (but the process universally applies to any software as well).  Report templates also give centers the information needed to develop dashboards, Adhoc reports, and needs; as well as a means for data team members to create a repository for commonly used scales, data sources, analysis methods, and metadata. 

Catch up with the ELRC Team from Purdue at AEA 2022 for one or more of their presentations:

Poster: Educational Equity in Somalia — (Re) shaping Evaluation to Inform Policy (Christiana Akande)