Evaluation scholars have committed decades of work to the development of evaluator competencies. The 2018 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Evaluator Competencies may be useful for evaluators to identify their strengths and weaknesses to improve their practice; however, a few empirically validated self-assessment tools based on the competencies exist. Two studies were conducted to develop a validated tool. The first study ( N = 170) developed the Evaluator Competencies Assessment Tool (ECAT), a self-assessment tool based on the AEA, 2018 Evaluator Competencies. This study provided evidence for structural validity via confirmatory factor analysis. The second study ( N = 142) reconfirmed structural validity with a new sample and examined variables that are associated with evaluator competencies through correlation and t-test analyses. Having a mentor, years of evaluation experience, age, evaluation training, and education level were positively related to evaluator competencies. The ECAT can be used to foster self-reflection for practitioners to improve evaluation competence.

Evaluation capacity building (ECB) continues to attract the attention and interest of scholars and practitioners. Over the years, models, frameworks, strategies, and practices related to ECB have been developed and implemented. Although ECB is highly contextual, the evolution of knowledge in this area depends on learning from past efforts in a structured approach. The purpose of the present article is to integrate the ECB literature in evaluation journals. More specifically, the article aims to answer three questions: What types of articles and themes comprise the current literature on ECB? How are current practices of ECB described in the literature? And what is the current status of research on ECB? Informed by the findings of the review, the article concludes with suggestions for future ECB practice and scholarship.

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