Evaluation standards

Evaluations should include four basic characteristics:

• Utility: "Utility standards ensure that evaluations are designed to meet the information needs of the intended users of the evaluation."
• Feasibility: "Feasibility standards ensure that evaluations are well-planned and conducted realistically, , diplomatically and economically."
• Compliance: "Compliance standards ensure that evaluations are conducted in compliance with legal and ethical standards and pay appropriate attention to the well-being of the participants and of those affected."
• Accuracy: "Accuracy standards ensure that evaluations produce and communicate valid and useful information." (all quotes translated from Widmer, Landert & Bachmann, 2000).

The Evaluations Standards of the Swiss Evaluation Society (SEVAL) are available in English at:
http://www.seval.ch/en/standards/index.cfm

This is the link to the standards published by German Evaluation Society (DeGEval): http://www.degeval.de/index.php?class=Calimero_Webpage&id=9023