"The work is always well done -- Pat and team help with conceptual thinking and then have really good follow through on collecting and reporting evaluation data. The reports are well done and thorough."
Project Director
"EEC personnel are always easy to access and are very responsive. They support from conceptualization to analysis and everything in between. We've been able to incorporate written analyses into larger reporting efforts."
Technical Assistance Provider
"Great, professional people with whom to work. Great interest and ideas about our research and project. Wonderful reciprocal relationship when working together on aspects of the project."
Project Director
"EEC helps to clearly define performance expectations and to align measures with those expectations. EEC is very good at keeping focus on the expectations even as projects drift over time."
Senior Internal Evaluator
"The EEC team was very attentive at the proposal development stage, and then post-award as well. Their reputation in the field is well deserved, and it is clear why so many winning proposals have EEC as the evaluator."
Project Director
"EEC evaluation services are scientific, thorough, and well communicated. EEC staff work closely with the project team and ask insightful questions that influence the direction of the project, thereby the effectiveness of our work and our outcomes."
Center Director
"EEC staff is very knowledgeable about evaluation requirements that come from the funder, and the application of those to specific projects' goals and objectives. I very much appreciate their thought leadership and flexibility. Valued partners who improve our collective work."
Center Director
"I would recommend EEC to colleagues for the following reasons: the consultative
partnership approach that is part of the relationship; the trust that is developed; the working thought partner that we have who helps us reflect for continuous improvement and brainstorm for new approaches to challenges; the warm relationship that has been developed with our stakeholders; the guidance provided over time to help us keep our project on course as well as make course corrections along the way."
State Department Grant Director
"EEC collaborates with clients to produce responsive, quality work. I appreciate the dual focus on meeting reporting/funding requirements and generating actionable data."
Senior Internal Evaluator
"EEC sets the standard in program evaluation. Their methodologies are of the highest standard; they do an excellent job of translating data into accessible, useful reports; they meet every deadline; and they're a pleasure to work with. In addition, they remain current on regulations that impact their clients. When asked, they participate in funder/client meetings with complete professionalism and add significant value to those meetings."
Center Evaluation Team Lead
"Thoughtful and creative about methods and strategies to employ to assess the work; patient and persistent; produce high-quality work; organized and focused; helpful in brainstorming new ideas and researching approaches and
strategies."
Center Evaluation Team Lead
"Strong expertise in the field of evaluation and educational assessment, close attention to activities and timelines, overall professionalism."
Center Evaluation Team Lead
"The depth and quality of the evaluation work done for us has significantly helped improve our practices."
Project Director
"The EEC team is excellent -- professional, easy to work with, timely, efficient and high quality. We
feel confident that our evaluation work will be top notch when working with them."
Technical Assistance Provider
"EEC is collaborative, collegial and flexible while maintaining high standards for evaluating and documenting fidelity and quality of implementation. EEC's work has been critical in informing ongoing revisions to prototypes and our professional learning practices."
Technical Assistance Team Lead
"EEC leadership and staff have been extremely responsive to our project needs and bring deep
expertise and experience with our OSEP client."
Center Director
"EEC employees have made a concerted effort to deeply understand my organization's mission and how we approach our work. They bring an unprecedented level of nuance to our evaluation efforts."
Center Co-Director
"EEC has considerable knowledge about evaluating projects that they are able to bring to bear. They also organize the evaluation process and provide leadership about next steps which is quite helpful to me as the Director. They also work collaboratively with the team. I am grateful that we asked them to be our evaluators."
Center Co-Director
"The EEC team is very knowledgeable about evaluation strategies, analysis procedures and always makes sound recommendations to clients."
Project Director
"EEC helps us not only meet our evaluation requirements but improve the performance of our project."