This handout relates to my presentation at AEA 2014. It includes a set of draft ‘criteria for developing criteria’, with particular reference to public sector evaluations. The criteria derive from analysis of a survey completed as the first stage of a broader research project aimed at strengthening our ability, as professional evaluators, to deliver evaluative conclusions that are warranted.#GovernmentEvaluation #criteriaofmerit #values #publicsectorevaluation #2014Conference #valuing #2014 Conference