Evidence and evaluation

Good policy advice is underpinned by good evidence. Good evaluation of policy decisions is important because it helps inform future decision-making – and contributes to continuous improvement.

External resources

Chief Science Advisor Forum

Nesta's Using Research Evidence - A Practice Guide

Sir Peter Gluckman's Enhancing Evidence-Informed Policy Making: A Report by the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor

Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association and Superu's full evaluation standards and a summary version of the standards

BetterEvaluation website

United Kindgom's Treasury's Magenta Book on Central government guidance on evaluation

External conversation trackers and presentations resources

Superu's guide Making sense of evaluation