1. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 1 Advancing the GEAR UP Mission College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium A 15-State Collaboration Effort Capacity-Building Workshop 2013

2. Power to Lead Page 2 A Brief Consortium History  The Needs  Request from Congress and ED  The Nov. 2011 Reports  The Fundamental Questions to Answer  How to tell effective GEAR UP stories?  How to link data to the work we do?  How to advance student academic performance?  The Beginnings and Connections  GEAR UP West  ACT states

3. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 3 The Consortium Goal The purpose of the Consortium is to foster collaboration among its members; demonstrate the impact of GEAR UP across local, state, and national levels of implementation; and build a culture of evidenced-based assessment and decision- making ( Consortium Member State Agreement, 2012 ).

4. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 4 The Consortium Objectives  Assessing the value-added impact on students  Getting students college and career ready  Connecting research to intervention outcomes

5. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 5 Consortium Partners  U.S. Department of Education  15 GEAR UP state programs  ACT  NCCEP  National Student Clearinghouse

6. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 6 Consortium Deliverables to Date  Common Service Definitions  ACT White Paper  ACT developing a noncognitive assessment to measure engagement.  Infrastructure for how to start cross-collaborate on national evaluation.

7. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 7 Common Service Definitions  How they are being used?  How they can be used in your GEAR UP program?  Benefits of common definitions?

8. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 8 What We Have Learned  Research vs. Evaluation  Evaluating your project using outside data sources  Evaluating different program models  Cohort vs. priority

9. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 9 A Learning Community  How can the work of the Consortium serve as a learning community for all GEAR UP grantees?  What can your project do to advance their cross- grantee evaluation collaboration?

10. Capacity-Building Workshop 2013 Power to Lead Page 10 Presenter Information  Weiya Liang, Director, Washington State GEAR UP and CACG programs at Washington State Achievement Council  Teena Olszewski, Executive Director, Northern Arizona University/Arizona GEAR UP  Chrissy Tillery, Director of Evaluation for the College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium, National Council for Community and Education Partnerships