Improved lives and communities through high-quality evaluation.

• We value high quality, ethically defensible, culturally responsive evaluation practices.
• We strive to understand the context and communities in which we work.
• We use rigorous and innovative quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.
• We help clients obtain and use information to make informed decisions about the implementation and effectiveness of their programs and policies.
• We make evaluation meaningful and accessible to multiple audiences.
• We support the development of evaluation capacity and its use within institutions and organizations.
• We provide real world evaluation opportunities for graduate students to apply coursework and gain evaluation expertise.
• We advocate for the value and use of evaluation by a wide range of stakeholders.
• Our work advances the field of evaluation.

We believe that as evaluators we have a responsibility to conduct evaluation that is in service of equity. Equity is the absence of unfair, avoidable, or repairable differences among different groups of people. Equity can only be achieved when individuals and organizations take action toward eliminating barriers such as poverty and repairing injustices in systems such as education, housing, judicial, and public health. Our efforts related to equity are guided by three principles:​ 

• • We utilize and implement culturally responsive and appropriate evaluation practices in our work. 
  • We are committed to supporting projects that work to advance equity within communities.  ​  
  • We strive to create and foster a diverse and inclusive workspace.