Evaluation Journal of Australasia, Volume 26 Issue 1, March 2026
Editorial
This issue of the Evaluation Journal of Australasia brings together a diverse set of contributions that highlight both the practice and critical reflection needed to strengthen evaluation.
Meldrum and Gullickson examine publicly available evaluation reports in the education sector, revealing that only a small proportion meet key criteria for evaluation and raising important questions about the presence of evaluative reasoning in practice.
Belcher, Moodie, and McKinley explore international Indigenous evaluation frameworks, emphasising the importance of values, relationships, relevance, and responsibility in shaping culturally grounded evaluation approaches.
Tobin, Hallett, Crawford, Maycock, and Lobo present a practical article on developing a structured questionnaire to assess research and evaluation capacity, underscoring the importance of careful design and defensible methods in evaluation tools.
The issue also includes a book review by Oluwatomiwa Toby Adio, offering a postgraduate perspective on valuation management: How to commission and conduct evaluations that matter by Catsambas and Davidson, and highlighting the need for evaluation practice to be both systematic and adaptable across contexts.
Together, these contributions encourage readers to engage critically with evaluation practice considering not only what is included, but also what may be missing, and how evaluative thinking can be strengthened across the field.
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