Advisory committees in contract and grant‐funded evaluation projects

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AbstractThis chapter describes the use of evaluation advisory committees in contract and grant‐funded evaluation projects. It defines what constitutes an evaluation advisory committee. It identifies five key functions of evaluation advisory committees: stakeholder engagement, maximizing external credibility, political conciliation, promotion of methodological integrity, and promotion of use. Typical features are explained: size, composition, meeting content, expectations for authority, and decision making. Whether to have an advisory committee is discussed. A range of examples—from fields of human services, public health, education, and others—illustrates the uses, functions, features, and compositional options of committees. ©Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.