How is BEST being evaluated?
BEST has engaged the services of two nationally known organizations in separate evaluative processes: the TCC Group, formerly The Conservation Company; and the Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM). The work undertaken by TCC may be described as a meta-evaluation of the BEST Project: that is an evaluation of the whole initiative that will help us learn from all processes and elements that have gone into forming and implementing BEST. Included in this work are pre- and post-assessments for comparison and evaluation. CNM is conducting a survey-based formative evaluation with each nonprofit agency in order to enable both the nonprofits and the organizers of BEST to learn from their experiences.
