RULES OF THE COMPETITION
Team size and diversity: A team must have at least three and no more than five members. They may be from different disciplines, different universities, or different countries. (More detail)
Student status of team members: Each team member must have been registered as a student, in an undergraduate or graduate program, on January 1 of the competition year.
Team coach: The team must identify a local coach. A team's coach will be an experienced evaluation practitioner or teacher who will help the team prepare for the competition.
One team per country:
For countries that have a national evaluation case competition (Canada, the Czech Republic, India and the United States), the winning team will represent their country.
For all other countries, if more than one team registers for the World Competition, the organizing committee will select the team to represent that country.
Substitutions: After being accepted into the competition, a team may recruit substitute students to replace members who are unavailable on the day of the event.
Language considerations: The case for the competition is produced in English. Teams may use English, French, or Spanish for their submission.
Time allowed for preparing submissions: Teams working in English will have seven (7) hours to prepare their submission. Teams preparing a submission in French or Spanish will have eight (8) hours. All other teams will have nine (9) hours.
Nature of the case: The evaluation case may be in any subject area and address any aspect of program evaluation.
Assessment critertia: The criteria used by the judging panel will be included in the case file that is provided to teams on the day of the event.