LK Evaluation Consulting
Helping researchers identify and respond to project challenges
Evaluations that provide evidence-based insight into computing education
Our clients want to obtain external funding for their projects in a highly competitive environment. Their proposals need a solid evaluation plan to be awarded funding.
We have an extensive track record of providing evaluation plans that help computing, engineering and education professionals obtain funding for their research.
Once our clients have been awarded funding they need to demonstrate to funders and other stakeholders how well they are meeting project goals, achieving objectives and producing desired outcomes within budget.
Even when completely unexpected challenges arise. We prioritize obtaining information you can use to make good decisions and minimize disruptions.
Why Work with LK Evaluation Consulting?
Actionable Insights:
LK Evaluation Consulting provides you with insights about your project’s progress that you wouldn’t otherwise know. Our thorough and methodical approach ensures that you receive honest, reliable feedback, helping you identify problems early and take corrective action.
Credibility & Expertise:
We have over a decade of conducting complex NSF project evaluations under our belt. Our founder, Lisa Kaczmarczyk, has a solid grasp of Department of Education projects as well, including the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards. Our experience adds credibility to your project, enhancing its impact and success.
Professionalism You Can Trust:
LK Consulting is known for our honesty, ethics, respect for all perspectives. We strive for transparency and partnering seamlessly with your team, ensuring a smooth evaluation process.
Support for Future Success:
Using a variety of strategic evaluation methods, we provide you with well-supported and actionable information so you can maximize your effectiveness and impact. A well constructed and executed project evaluation also lays the groundwork for future successfully funded projects.
We Conduct 3-P Evaluations
At LK Consulting, we believe that Perspective, Process and Products are necessary components in a competitive and impactful evaluation plan. We provide you actionable insights about how well your project is going that you wouldn’t otherwise know about.
PERSPECTIVES
How participants perceive the accomplishments and challenges of the project.
PRODUCTS
The tangible outcomes and outputs of the project.
PROCESS
Monitoring the interrelated systems and dynamics inherent to complex projects.
Make your research have the biggest impact.
Our clients are special people; you care about conducting research and having a positive impact on society. Using a variety of strategic evaluation methods, we provide you with well-supported and actionable information so you can maximize your effectiveness and impact.
Testimonials
We have engaged the services of Dr. Kaczmarczyk to assist us in the design, development, and widespread implementation of evaluation plans for our federally funded, multi-year computer science education project. Over the course of the past five years, Dr. Kaczmarczyk has demonstrated valuable expertise in the coordination of data collection, analysis and redesign of evaluation plans. She provided us with timely reports containing objective formative as well as summative cross-institutional assessment of our project activities that assisted our team (and our funding agency) in demonstrating the overall impact of our project. We recommend her highly and continue to engage her expertise for all our future projects.
Since 2019, Dr. Lisa Kaczmarczyk has served as the external evaluator for our multi-year, interdisciplinary National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) project in smart cities and smart living. From the beginning, Dr. Kaczmarczyk demonstrated excellent proficiency in various aspects of evaluation and assessment, including taking time to read and understand the grant proposal, guiding us in the creation of the logic model, advising on data collection and analysis, and keeping the stated goals and project outcomes at the forefront. During the active years of our training grant, Dr. Kaczmarczyk’s activities centered upon the closed focus group sessions between herself and the NRT graduate students (“trainees”) during our Annual Retreat. In the sessions, trainees provide candid feedback to Dr. Kaczmarczyk on key points of the training program, including (but not limited to): courses, workshops, requirements and expectations, relationship-building, and trainee experiences and challenges. Dr. Kaczmarczyk then shared her findings with NRT leadership along with her recommendations (which are subsequently shared with the Independent Advisory Board and internal Evaluations and Outcomes Committee). She then incorporates her findings into her own annual report, which examines the project’s performance overall. Dr. Kaczmarczyk also attends (or watches the recording of) the bi-annual meetings with the Independent Advisory Board. Her activities/findings have been instrumental in informing and improving the training project each year. I highly recommend Dr. Kaczmarczyk and look forward to opportunities to work with her again.
A few past clients
Purdue
University
University of California
San Diego
Stanford University
Bryn Mawr
College
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Arizona State University
University of Washington
University of
Texas El Paso
