Steve Jurs is Evaluate's external evaluator. His work is guided by two sets of materials: the Guiding Principles for Evaluators promulgated by the American Evaluation Association, and the Program Evaluation Standards (PES) published by the Joint Committee on Stands for Educational Evaluation.
The primary audiences for the evaluation are Evaluate's staff and those who oversee them—NSF program officers and the National Visiting Committee.
The role of the external evaluator in this instance is to:
- serve as an outside party who can provide a different perspective than that held by those charged with the day-to-day operations
- ensure that the information needs of key stakeholders are served
- serve an auditing function to ensure that what is delivered is congruent with what was promised
- evaluate specific initiatives such as workshops and webinars that the resource center may conduct
Internal Evaluation
Evaluate’s external evaluation is supplemented by internally collected data on our activities and outcomes.
