CEO is dedicated to assessing the impact of its programs.  Agency partners and their contractors are required to demonstrate significant participant benefits to maintain funding.  This high-level accountability is a hallmark of CEO programs.

A distinct evaluation strategy has been developed for each CEO program, reflecting the availability of extant data, implementation status, the timing of expected program outcomes, and general knowledge of a particular intervention.  These evaluations inform program and budget decision-making, and contribute to public policy and program development in the human service field more generally. CEO hopes that rigorous evaluation and monitoring practices will become the standard among City agencies.

CEO’s monitoring and evaluation activities are led by an in-house team, in partnership with City agencies, and four external research organizations. These organizations provide independent and objective analyses of CEO programs.  The evaluation effort is led by the CEO Director of Program Development & Evaluation, Kristin Morse.

MDRC  is a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research organization that is dedicated to learning what works to improve programs and policies that affect the poor.

Westat  is an employee-owned research firm known for the quality of its professional staff in a broad range of research areas, including statistical design, survey research, and program evaluation.

Metis Associates  is a national social services research and evaluation consulting organization that has worked extensively with City agencies, including the Department of Education, the Administration for Children’s Services, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Economic Development Corporation.

The Education Innovation Laboratory  at Harvard University, applies a research and development model to education reform.

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