Lyn Shulha
Professor of Evaluation, Planning and Assessment, Graduate Faculty, Director, Assessment and Evaluation Group, Queen's University
BPE(McMaster), DipEd (Western), MEd (Queen's), PhD (Virginia)
Contact Information
Room: A224
Phone: 613-533-6000 x 75016
Email: lyn.shulha@queensu.ca
Web: Assessment and Evaluation Group
Current Evaluation Projects
- Evaluation of the provincial School Effectiveness Framework; Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education
- Introducing notions of assessment for learning in medical education
Research Interests
- Program Evaluation: evaluation use, participatory and developmental evaluation, program evaluation theory
- Classroom Assessment Practices: outcome-based and performance assessment; the development of professional expertise in student assessment
- Professional Learning Models: learning for individuals and organizations, communities of practice
- Collaborative & Mixed Methods Research, Evaluative Inquiry
Ongoing Scholarly Activities
- Editorial Boards: American Journal of Evaluation; Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation; (International Journal) Assessment Matters.
- Expert Reference Group Member, Learning to Become Assessment Capable Teachers: A New Zealand National Research Initiative. Auckland UniServices
- Chair, Research Forum. Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
Service Activities
- Since 1988_Planning and Advisory Committee, Teachers’ Overseas Recruiting Fair (TORF). Roughly 1550+ Queen’s Faculty of Education Graduates have taken an initial overseas teaching position in one of 90+ countries
- Acting Chair of the American Evaluation Association, Topical Interest Group on Evaluation Use
- Member, Operations Committee, Canadian Consortium of Universities for Evaluation Education
Recent Publications
Yarbrough, D. Shulha, L. M., Hopson, R., Carruthers, F. & Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (2010). The program evaluation standards: A guide for evaluators and evaluation users (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
DeLuca, D., Klinger, D., Searle, M., & Shulha, L.M. (2010). Developing a curriculum for assessment education. Assessment Matters 2, (-).
Shulha, L. M., & Wilson, R. J. (2009). Rethinking large-scale assessment. Assessment Matters 1, (111-133).
Klinger, D., Shulha, L. M., & DeLuca, C. (2009). Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, and Professional Learning: The Canadian Perspective. Revista Pensamiento Educativo (43), Publicación de la Facultad de Educación de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 209-222.
Cousins, J. B., & Shulha, L. M. (2008). Complexities in setting program standards in collaborative evaluation. In N. Smith & P. Brandon (Eds.), Fundamental Issues in Evaluation. New York: Guilford.
Poth, C. & Shulha, L. M. (2008). Encouraging stakeholder engagement: A case study of evaluator behaviors. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 34(4). 218-223.
Miller, T. & Shulha, L. M. (2008). Formative Computer-Based Assessment in Higher Education. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, 2008 (pp. 105-111). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Cousins, J. B., & Shulha, L. M. (2006). A comparative analysis of evaluation utilization and its cognate fields of inquiry: Current issues and trends. In I. Shaw, M. M. Mark & J. Greene (Eds.), Handbook of evaluation: Program, policy and practices. London: Sage.