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The Evaluation Center's mission is to advance the theory, practice, and use of evaluation through scholarship, education, partnership, leadership, and stewardship. Staffed by a team of interdisciplinary evaluation specialists, the center conducts program evaluations for diverse clients, serves students and local organizations through community-engaged learning, and offers an array of open-access resources on program evaluation.
Check out what's new at The Evaluation Center
- Check out what The Evaluation Center accomplished in 2023-24. We're happy to share our annual report for the last fiscal year.
- Lyssa Wilson Becho, principal research associate at The Evaluation Center, was honored with the prestigious Marcia Guttentag Promising New Evaluator Award by the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Read the full press release.
- Find out what drives us. You can view our core mission, vision, and value statements and the activities we engage in to support them.
- The Evaluation Lab just celebrated its one-year anniversary! Learn more about how the lab partners with students and the Kalamazoo community to make a difference.
- Don't miss out on the remaining Evaluation Café presentations in our spring 2025 series. Register now to join us for a deeper dive into all things evaluation.
Evaluation Checklists
Evaluation Café
EvaluATE
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
Evaluation Lab: Experience-driven learning plus community impact.
The Evaluation Lab serves the Kalamazoo community while training WMU undergraduate and graduate students in program evaluation. The lab seeks to advance the social justice missions of organizations serving diverse communities by offering affordable, collaborative, and culturally responsive evaluation services.
Working with us
Evaluation professionals at The Evaluation Center are trained to apply evaluation theory, methods, and proven practices to meet any evaluation challenge. We pride ourselves on our ability to work across a wide range of disciplines and topic areas.
We’re ready to meet you wherever you are on your evaluation journey, whether you are submitting a funding proposal, need an outcome evaluation for a long-standing program, or building your organization’s evaluation capacity. Complete the form below to get started.
In the News
The Evaluation Lab at Western Michigan University celebrates one year of impact
Evaluation Center principal research associate honored with national evaluation award
Evaluation Center executive director honored with statewide evaluation award
