Public Works (PW) specializes in three distinct areas of education, public and non-profit agency support. (1) Public Education and School Improvement (2) Career Technical Education and Workforce Development, and (3) Social Services and Support Programs. We have extensive experience designing and conducting evaluations in a range of policy areas using a varied set of methods and tools. You can view a list of our Past & Present Clients here. You can view a complete list of our Organizational Experience and Qualifications here.

Public Education and School Improvement.

PW supports schools and school districts in the implementation of a variety of school reform initiatives. PW has primarily supported the initiation of state and district level mandated accountability efforts and supporting individual sites in the use of data to improve programs. Depending on the nature of the project, PW has experience both as an internal or a third party evaluator and has provided technical assistance and professional development in a wide range of school reform initiatives.

Career Technical Education and Workforce Development.

This category of projects includes technical assistance, evaluation services, strategic planning and other services to support clients involved in career and college readiness, school-to-career, vocational and career-technical education, and workforce development initiatives. PW is experienced in this area at the local, state and national levels.

Social Services and Support.

PW has worked with a range of small, medium and large non-profit, educational and public service agencies to build organizational capacity, evaluate programs, develop evaluation strategies to improve programs and to implement strategic plans. Within this category of projects, PW has project experience in areas such as early childhood education, after-school and out-of-school time programming, and integrated wrap-around social services.