Step 2: Identify the groups from which you need to get information.

Groups who are directly participating in the project, such as teachers and students, are obvious candidates for collecting information from, as are other stakeholders such as administrators or parents. It is often appropriate to get reactions to the same phenomena from different stakeholders, so that the evidence you accumulate can be corroborated from their various perspectives and knowledge bases. In the example shown in Table 1 (see Step 1), the students and teachers would be good candidates because they are in the best position to answer those particular evaluation questions. However, if the evaluation goal is to see if the project is cost-effective, administrators might be better sources of information.