Quality Criteria for
Evaluation Resources
The criteria provide guidance for designing and reviewing
evaluations of NSF-supported projects. They provide a
framework for evaluating educational and training
programs, projects, and materials in a variety of
settings. They are intended both for users of
evaluations (e.g., principal investigators, project
staff, project monitors) and for evaluators. The
criteria are intended to reflect current "best
practice" in evaluation (based on the
Program Evaluation Standards: 2nd
Edition, developed through
a consensus-building process in the evaluation
community, and recommendations from other
authoritative sources). Not all criteria are equally
applicable in all evaluations. Therefore, professional
judgment must be used to identify those that are most
applicable in each situation.
Evaluation activities are varied and can provide
different types of useful information to improve
project quality. Evaluation data can provide
information to
- help with the planning of a project (understanding
the project's goals, objectives, and
strategies),
- determine whether a project is proceeding as
planned (meeting its stated goals and objectives
according to the proposed timeline),
- determine the immediate or direct effects of the
project on project participants, and
- identify longer-term as well as unintended project
effects.
Helpful Resources:
Glossary
Alignment Tables
Not sure where to start?
Try reading some user
scenarios for these resources.
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