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August 18, 2025

Guidebooks and Whitepapers On The Way

🚨 Exciting News from Team MNA! 🚨

We’re thrilled to share that MN Associates, Inc. has been commissioned by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to develop a portfolio of 7 evaluation guidebooks and 4 white papers tailored to the NSF S-STEM program!

🎯 These resources will offer practical, action-oriented insights on topics like:

  • Using Hedge’s g for small sample sizes
  • Inclusive and responsive evaluation design
  • Mixed-methods reporting
  • Writing impactful evaluation reports
  • Visualization strategies for NSF reviewers
    …and more!

This work builds on our current role as the Evaluation Technical Assistance (TA) provider for the S-STEM Resource and Evaluation Center (REC), where we support PIs, evaluators, and institutions across the country in strengthening their evaluation capacity.

🛠️ Each guidebook and white paper will be crafted with usability in mind—full of real-world examples, tools, visuals, and evaluator-tested tips to support rigorous and inclusive evaluation practice.

📚 We can’t wait to share these resources with the broader STEM education community over the coming months.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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Kavita Mittapalli

Kavita Mittapalli, Ph.D., is the CEO of MN Associates, Inc. She brings over 18 years of experience in conducting research and evaluation for various programs and initiatives. She started MNA while in grad school at George Mason University (VA). An agriculture graduate turned applied sociologist and a mixed methodologist by training, Kavita brings her extensive qualitative and quantitative research skills to the evaluation work she does.

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