# Development of Evaluation Plan, Tools, and Protocols for the Sacramento State RISE Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO · 2021 · $83,796

## Abstract

Summary
The Sacramento State RISE Program (RISE) team proposes to work with the Sacramento State
Institute for Social Research (ISR) to build an evaluative infrastructure with two primary
objectives: (1) to develop measurement tools, processes, and a long-term evaluation strategy
that can be sustainably implemented by RISE staff after the end of this grant, and (2) to align
and integrate the evaluation activities from other federally-funded programs aimed at UR
students enrolled in STEM majors at Sacramento State so the measurement tools, data, and
learning can be shared and leveraged across these programs.
First, a comprehensive evaluation plan will be developed for RISE, incorporating both formative
and outcome measures, which RISE staff can then implement on an annual basis. To inform the
evaluation plan, ISR will review current RISE data collection efforts as well as other tools and data
collected by on-campus federally-funded programs supporting UR students in STEM disciplines.
The evaluation plan will include a detailed RISE program logic model, formative and outcome
indicators, measurement instruments, a data collection timeline, and a data analysis plan. A
comprehensive evaluation plan will ensure that all data collection activities are integrated and
aligned with learning objectives and intended outcomes of the RISE program. Included in the
evaluation plan are the following identified activities.
Qualitative Formative Assessment Development. Focus group protocols will be developed to
collect RISE Trainee perspectives on their program experiences, including Trainees’ reasons for
pursuing a Ph.D. and how the RISE Program has helped toward that goal. Results will be used
to identify any Trainee needs or gaps the program currently does not address, as well as how
their experience in RISE intersects with other UR support programs they may also participate in.
Quantitative Formative Assessment Development. ISR will develop a student survey in which to
measure student perceptions and short-term outcomes, incorporating similar assessment scales
used by other campus URM/STEM programs.1,2 A draft survey tool will be field tested. ISR will
develop a code-book and basic analysis syntax in SPSS to automate survey results reporting.
Designing Alum Data Collection Protocols. ISR will develop a protocol to count all RISE alums
and all Sacramento State alums of majors related to biomedical research who go on to Ph.D.
programs. This includes obtaining names and birth dates of Chemistry, Biochemistry,
Microbiology, Cell & Molecular Biology, and General Biology alums from the Sacramento State
Office of Institutional Research, then searching the Student Clearinghouse in a batch method.
ISR will develop protocols to prepare the student record data for batch processing and then
process the NSC data for analysis. These protocols can be used by RISE staff annually to track
progress towards Strategic Aims and Measurable Objectives.
ISR will also develop a survey ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10393751
- **Project number:** 3R25GM122667-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO
- **Principal Investigator:** Enid T Gonzalez-Orta
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $83,796
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-08-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10393751

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10393751, Development of Evaluation Plan, Tools, and Protocols for the Sacramento State RISE Program (3R25GM122667-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10393751. Licensed CC0.

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