Museum of Modern PB| Evaluation | Evaluator | Timing | Authority to change rules | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot-year evaluation (Grillos, 2014) | Fully external academic body | One-time | Advisory | Reach and participation, Process quality, Money and distribution, Downstream and institutional effects |
| Year-three evaluation (Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2016) | Fully external academic body | One-time | Advisory | Reach and participation, Process quality |
| City-designed participant surveys (Change Agent pre and post surveys, idea collection survey, voter survey) | Internal team | Every cycle | — | Reach and participation, Downstream and institutional effects |
| Post-vote participant debrief written into the rulebook | Participants themselves | Every cycle | Advisory | Process quality |
| Annual results sheet (ballots cast, neighbourhood and age breakdown, votes per project) | Internal team | Every cycle | Informational only | Reach and participation |
Two academic evaluations exist, by different teams, in year one and year three; nothing in the sources says an evaluation was run in year two or after 2016, so the academic loop is ad hoc rather than built in. The loop did close at least once: the 2016 report lists the pilot recommendations (longer timeline, better communication, youth in outreach, stronger web presence, more youth leadership) and by 2015-16 the cycle had lengthened to November to June, trained youth facilitators led committees, Mayor's Youth Council members did outreach, and ideas came in by text and social media. Whether findings had to be responded to is not documented, so Advisory is a reading. The City's own surveys had weak response rates in 2016 (18 post-surveys, a 3 percent voter survey), which limited what they could measure. The rulebook's participant debrief is documented as an intention and as a June step in the 2016 cycle table, not as an observed event. The recent results sheets report turnout and votes only.
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