What type of expertise does the evaluator need?
Evaluators should have significant expertise in evaluation design. Often evaluation is best conducted by a team that has both evaluation and computing expertise. All Class II projects must participate in a higher level of evaluation Congressionally mandated by the America Competes Act. These projects must include components with quasi-experimental design as part of their overall evaluation plan. The quasi-experimental design components are coordinated with the CPATH programmatic evaluation team. Thus Class II evaluators need to have experience with various evaluation designs and the resources to implement a multi-faceted evaluation. Often this may include resources such as graduate student support and at least one month of summer salary for the evaluator.
