The Evaluation Center’s mission is to advance evaluation science and practice to help your organization create lasting social impact.
We were established in May 2015 to be a local, national and international evaluation resource. We’re uniquely positioned in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis—a leading school of social work, public health, and social policy.

Partnership
Ensure our collaboration with partners is respectful, meaningful, and oriented towards participant ownership

Community
Respect and seek to understand the diverse communities and context in which we work

Capacity
Strengthen the evaluation capacity of our partners

Equity
Plan, implement, and report evaluations that address inequity and are led by those impacted by the effort being evaluated

Quality
Provide the highest quality evaluation services
and dissemination products

Usability
Ensure results guide strategic learning and decision-making
We follow the American Evaluation Association’s Guiding Principles for Evaluators