New Directions for Evaluation (NDE), a quarterly sourcebook, is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association. It is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes empirical, methodological, and theoretical works on all aspects of evaluation. A reflective approach to evaluation is an essential strand to be woven through every issue. The issues generally have one of three foci:

1. evaluation practice such as approaches, methods, or techniques that can be applied. For example, the use of templates, case studies, or survey research;

2. professional issues of importance for the field of evaluation. For example, the use of evaluation or locus of evaluation capacity;

3. societal issues that draw out the implications of intellectual, social, or cultural developments for the field of evaluation. For example, AIDS, intercultural competence, or poverty.