Very experienced, professional, forward-thinking, solution-driven. Overall provided an excellent standard of work. Would highly recommend their work.
Cure Kids, MFAT and Fiji Ministry of Health
Project: Evaluation of the Fiji Islands Rheumatic Heart Disease Control & Prevention Programme Activity
Amazing service, extremely flexible, quality of product has been above standard
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for He Poutama Rangatahi
Thoughtful, efficient and diligent.
Ministry of Education
Project: Management of Track 1-Funded Evaluations
I am exceedingly pleased with Standard of Proof’s work to support us – entirely exceeding our already high expectations.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project: Monitoring design and implementation for He Poutama Rangatahi
Very happy with the overall service provided.
Northland District Health Board
Project: Evaluation of the Northland District Health Board Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme Evaluation
A very professional and well considered organisation. I will definitely use them again.
Ministry of Health
Project: Research for Measles Immunisation Communication programme
The way in which you go about your work is low-fuss, and you are fantastic at putting the customer and their requirements first.
Careers New Zealand
Project: Quality Review of CNZ performance measures and approach
Standard of Proof always provide a high-level of service and are a pleasure to work with. Our organisation has used their services multiple times as they are dependable, timely, and professional.
Ministry of Education
Project: Alert Programme Evaluation

Approved Supplier

We are an approved supplier of evaluation and research services.

New Zealand All of Government Panel. Standard of Proof is on the New Zealand All-of-Government Consulting Panel (Tier 2 provider), and has been approved to provide evaluation and research services across New Zealand government and non-government agencies. We provide services in evaluation, research, monitoring and measurement as part of this panel, and we specialise in experimental, quasi-experimental and mixed methods.

International Development Panel. Standard of Proof is on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade MERL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning) panel, and has been approved to provide services in strategic monitoring and evaluation frameworks and activity evaluations, as well as organisational learning and knowledge products for international development MERL services.

Specialist Data Services panel. Standard of Proof has been approved to provide specialist quantitative data services.

Our staff

Our staff are highly skilled and credentialed, as well as awesome humans.

Highly qualified staff. Standard of Proof staff have high-level qualifications and formal training in evaluation, experimental and non-experimental research, statistics, economics, sample survey, international development and governance.

Formally Credentialed Evaluators. Standard of Proof staff have been formally granted the Credentialed Evaluator (CE) designation by the Canadian Evaluation Society.

Professional Networks

We build upon our professional networks.

Professional networks and continuous learning. Standard of Proof staff are members of evaluation societies in New Zealand (ANZEA), Australia (AES) and Canada (CES). Our affiliations and networks ensure we continually build our knowledge and improve our service provision

Partners. We work with our partners to ensure that the right team, skills and capacity are brought to every project

Our approach focusses on providing the right skills in the right way.

Standards. We adopt the JCSEE (Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation) standards as our guiding practice principles. Across every project, we promote utility, feasibility, accuracy, propriety and accountability.

Specialist capabilities. Our consultants make use of their specialist skills and work across education, health, governance, international development, social development and services, environment and justice sectors. We look to support teams by embedding complementary skills only where required.

Partnership approach. We work with our partners and clients to ensure that the right data and the right insight are brought to every project.