Collaborative evaluation engages evaluators, program staff , andstakeholders cooperatively in the evaluation process. During the processof evaluation, evaluators help program staff and stakeholders establishevaluation capacity. Via cooperative way, evaluators obtain comprehensiveunderstandings about the project and useful resources for evaluation.Literature supports that collaborative evaluation engaging programstakeholders actively in the evaluation process improves data quality andevaluation results, which, in turn, increases the utilization of evaluationfi ndings. Th e author of is article explores the concepts and applicationsof collaborative evaluation, as well as the idea and practice of school selfevaluationin Taiwan. Four messages arisen from this study are off eredfor the reference of the practitioners in this fi eld.Keywords: collaborative evaluation, school self-evaluation, utilization |