Evaluation Across the GLOBE Community

Evaluation Across the GLOBE Community 

The GLOBE Program strives to be an evidence-based program that values formative feedback and ongoing evaluation in order to better understand and serve its community.  Evaluation activities include: 

Continuous Improvement and Formative Feedback 

The GIO collects frequent feedback from the community using a wide variety of formats. Informal conversations, structured discussions, and focus groups have provided feedback to the GIO and strengthened the goals and engagement strategies employed by GLOBE coordinators. We also distribute forms, surveys, or Padlets prior to or after meetings or events to capture feedback on meetings, additional insights, and priorities. Each of these sources of information inform program refinements.

Information from the GLOBE training database, GLOBE web analytics, event/registration data, GLOBE science entry database, and IVSS participation are reviewed regularly and these data are used to measure whether strategic goals and performance measures are being met.

Annual Surveys 

In prior years, the GIO has collected feedback from the GLOBE community (educators, US Partners, Country Coordinators, GISN) on a yearly basis to understand their experiences and engagement with GLOBE. The results from the annual survey contribute to the GIO’s understanding of progress toward strategic goals and where there is room for growth and improvement.

Working Group Activities 

Four working groups comprised of members from each region have been established to understand the successes and address the challenges of GLOBE implementation and to make recommendations to the GIO. To reach its goals and objectives, each working group seeks input from the GLOBE community. Immediately following the Annual Meeting, members of GLOBE Working Groups discuss feedback and develop priorities for the coming year. In addition, the Evaluation Working Group helps to identify GLOBE evaluation needs and brings forward ongoing evaluation activities.

Program-level Evaluation Reports by Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International 1996-2006

SRI International conducted evaluations for the GLOBE Program from 1996 to 2006. To learn more about these evaluation findings, see the ten SRI International evaluation reports below: 

• GLOBE Year 1 Evaluation: Findings (1996)
• GLOBE Year 2 Evaluation: Implementation And Progress (1997)
• GLOBE Year 3 Evaluation: Implementation And Progress (1998)
• GLOBE Year 4 Evaluation: Evolving Implementation Practices (1999)
• GLOBE Year 5 Evaluation: Classroom Practices (2000) 
• GLOBE Year 6 Evaluation: Explaining Variation in Implementation (2002)
• GLOBE Year 7 Evaluation: Exploring Student Research and Inquiry in GLOBE (2003)
• GLOBE Year 8 Evaluation: Adapting Implementation To Diverse Contexts (2004)
• GLOBE Year 9 Evaluation: Implementation Supports and Student Outcomes (2005)
• GLOBE Year 10 Evaluation: Into the Next Generation (2006)