Program Evaluation

The success of any organization depends on being open to feedback on the impact of your people, products, and programs, and adjusting accordingly. Program evaluation gives you this feedback from your students, customers, clients, or employees. Organizations that engage in a process of continuous improvement, guided by rigorous and thoughtful evaluations, are more successful because decisions are based on data, as opposed to opinions or beliefs. Program evaluation is essential if your organization wants to engage in data driven decision making.

Program evaluation refers to the systematic, scientific, and rigorous investigation of impact and effectiveness. It is the process of carefully collecting information in order to make more informed decisions. 

Our research consulting team helps organizations throughout the U.S. 

• Understand, verify, or increase the impact of your product, service, program, or process 
• Improve delivery mechanisms to be more efficient and less costly
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of your product, service, program, or process
• Verify that your organization is doing what you think you are doing, concerning the delivery of your program or service
• Facilitate a common vision for your leadership team concerning your goals, how you meet those goals, and how you will know if you have met those goals
• Produce data or verify results that can be used for public relations and promoting your organization to stakeholders
• Produce valid comparisons between programs to decide which should be retained in the face of pending budget cuts
• Fully examine and describe the effectiveness of your organization for duplication elsewhere