What Western Eval Does
Thorough. Precise. Experienced. Research-inspired. These are just a few words that describe Western Eval.
Our goal is to provide the technical support to fuel positive change. Through consulting and evaluation services, we seek to refine and deepen our clients' understanding of their work, their objectives, their outcome measures, and the programs they build.
We apply our tools, experience, and intelligence to the same problems and work that you do. We work with you. Together. We aim to surface problems, provide solutions, and monitor results. We are partners in the vision to create a safer, healthier, and saner world for our children and grandchildren.
Our goal is simple. We provide you with the information and insights to make better-informed programmatic decisions.
Erik Dutilly, Ph.D. Founder and President of Western Eval.
Western Eval's Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles
Vision
A world in which program and project evaluation services are used widely by governments and front-line organizations to learn about and improve the human condition.
Mission
To provide affordable, efficient, timely, and precise consulting services to governments, foundations, schools, and non-profit organizations with the explicit purpose of co-engineering novel solutions to intractable social problems.
Guiding Principles
- Learning - Learning catalyzes our evaluation and consulting practice. For us, learning drives understanding and decision making. Learning is foundational for good programs.
- Stakeholder Input - We learn from your experiences and expertise to inform our evaluation and consulting services. Your voices and goals are sharpened and highlighted by our work.
- Research-informed - Your programs and approaches will benefit from scholarship and social science research. By standing on the shoulders of giants, your programs can reach new heights. Our evaluations are always accompanied by relevant and thoughtful research literature reviews.
- Relationship-Driven - The world is connected by relationships built on trust. We will get to know you and your motivation for doing your work. You will also get to know us.
- Cultural Awareness - We take cultural differences seriously knowing that a absence of cultural awareness creates problems for organizations that work with ethnic populations. Culturally response evaluation is critical when cultural differences are large between organizations and target populations.
- Utilization-focused - These principles define our overall approach: to be useful. We spur learning, curiosity, and inquiry to create new and strengthen existing programs. Our learning evaluation are meant to be used to inform decision-making.
