Electronic and other technological advances will alter the way evaluators collect information, draw conclusions, and report findings, enabling broader stakeholder participation and access to evaluation reports and their findings

Electronic and other technological advances will alter the way evaluators collect information, draw conclusions, and report findings, enabling broader stakeholder participation and access to evaluation reports and their findings. Today, data are routinely collected through Internet surveys and interviews. Results can be shared and discussed online with members of the evaluation team and advisory councils to consider interpretations. Databases can be shared so members can explore the data for different interpretations. Interim and final reports are routinely posted on organizational web sites with links to videos and audio depicting the program or demonstrating results. Readers are encouraged to post comments. Such uses, and others as yet unanticipated, will increase as technological capacity and literacy increase.