Evaluation & Consulting

Using data to tell the story of your program

What We Do

It is our goal to help you describe your program’s vision and goals, set up systems to collect data from multiple sources, and tell the story of your program in a way that helps others understand why it is so important.

Our work is unique because we tailor each evaluation to the program’s needs and contexts. We come into a project with curiosity and collaborate with program staff from start to finish. Our experience facilitating conversations around goals and objectives helps you to reflect and articulate your values and vision for your work. We know that things change over the life of a project; our evaluation plans are flexible and commonly shift along with project implementation.

For over four decades, PERG has brought its founding commitment to equity and collaboration to designing and conducting hundreds of evaluations in formal and informal education environments, working with universities, schools, foundations, state and federal agencies, museums and other community-based organizations.

Evaluations of innovative educational programs:

Formative evaluations

Needs assessments

Process evaluations

Utilization-focused evaluation

Developmental evaluation

Summative evaluations

Qualitative evaluation

Mixed-methods evaluations

We can also consult with your organization to:

Guide strategic reflections and plans

Identify and articulate desired outcomes

Craft evaluation questions

Develop logic models

Outline data collection plans

Develop Protocols (surveys, interviews, rubrics, etc)

Conduct interviews

Analyze datasets

Train staff in any of the above to build capacity

Featured Projects

We have worked with hundreds of organizations over the decades on projects that include several broad areas; primarily STEM, the arts and arts integration, and students with children in higher education. PERG’s projects range in scale and focus, from small developmental projects to national and international partnerships, with funding from federal and state agencies and foundations. Following are a selection of recent projects representing the scope of our work.

Family Friendly Campus Toolkit

Research & Development

Peabody Essex Museum Native American Fellows Program

Program Evaluation