Capabilities and
Related Experiences
of the
Evaluation Team

The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University is an internationally known research and development center that provides leadership for advancing the theory and practice of evaluation as applied to education and human services. The Center's activities include (1) state-of-the-art research to study current evaluation practices and to formulate and test theoretical propositions about evaluation; (2) development to produce data-gathering instruments, reporting formats, and evaluation procedures; (3) dissemination to inform interested persons about relevant evaluation issues and the Center's contributions; (4) service to help a selected group of clients--including school districts, nonprofit agencies, government agencies, foundations, and colleges--to evaluate their programs; (5) instruction to provide evaluation training to students at Western and other interested parties; and (6) leadership to help develop evaluation as a field of professional practice. The Center, which is in the division of research at WMU, was originally founded at Ohio State University in 1963 and moved to WMU in 1973. Dr. Daniel Stufflebeam has continuously served as its director.

Evaluation Center personnel, keeping with the Center's mission to advance the theory and practice of evaluation, are highly skilled professionals who are dedicated to providing sound, useful, and efficient evaluation services. The coming sections provide further information about The Evaluation Center, staff, and affiliated consultants who will work on this evaluation, related experience, evaluation resources, and data collection and management capabilities.