The EvaluateUR Method

The EvaluateUR Method is used to evaluate programs in different educational settings: independent undergraduate research, classroom-based research, and robotics design competitions. The EvaluateUR Method measures student learning by providing statistically reliable assessments of student growth in a wide variety of outcome categories, including disciplinary and employability skills.

A unique feature of the EvaluateUR Method is the growth of student academic self-awareness, often called metacognition. The EvaluateUR Method serves as a tool for students, helping them build that awareness and use it to improve their learning.

Learn more about the Method View Variants and Options View the Outcomes Alignment with ABET More on Metacognition

Following the completion of successful National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects, EvaluateUR is now available by subscription and EvaluateUR-CURE is available at no cost by request. E-Compete is currently funded by the NSF Advanced Technological Education program and is in the final stages of development and pilot program implementation. A newly funded NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project is supporting the development of a variant to support students conducting internships as well as more options for EvaluateUR, EvaluateUR-CURE, and Evaluate-Compete.
For Independent Undergraduate ResearchView EvaluateUR OptionsSubscribe to EvaluateUR
For Course-Based Undergraduate ResearchView E-CURE OptionsRequest to use E-CURE
For Robotics and other Team CompetitionsView E-Compete OptionsRequest to use E-Compete
Now available for Internship ExperiencesView E-Internship OptionsRequest to use E-Internship





The Metacognitive Card Game is available now by request, for use with the EvaluateUR Method or independently.

Print Your Own Metacognitive Card Game Tips for Playing


EvaluateUR and its variants were developed with support from the NSF WIDER program #1347681 &#1347727 and NSF ATE program #1836033, #1932929, #1932940, and #2325397. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.