Evaluation is an essential step in any successful educational or business endeavor, playing a key role in stimulating growth and planning for change. At Hezel Associates, we are committed to the long-term success of each initiative we evaluate, whether our work involves formative, process, or summative evaluations. We help our clients achieve that success by basing our evaluation work on two closely related concepts – effectiveness and cost.

More than just number crunching, our evaluations measure outcomes and impact, and strike a balance between internal and external reporting requirements.

Hezel Associates’ research-driven approach to evaluation emphasizes intentionally linking program goals, program elements, and participant outcomes to assess program or project effectiveness including:

• Organizational performance across partners and collaborators
• Progress toward sustainability
• Outcomes of dissemination activities
• Comparisons with best practices in other, similar organizations
• Performance as a result of training and education
• Learning and application of knowledge
• Appropriateness of learning materials and instructional delivery formats

Proposal Development and Evaluation:

National Science Foundation and Other Areas

Many grants awarded by the government and various organizations require an evaluation proponent in each project. A qualified external evaluator can help you identify an evaluation strategy that supports continuous program improvement, an edge that can strengthen both your proposal and your standing among the competition.

Hezel Associates can write the evaluation design section of your proposal, offer you expert advice on the design of the entire proposal, and carry out the evaluation itself. Additionally, staff members frequently serve as reviewers for a variety of funding sources. As a result, we understand the importance that administrators place on evaluations.