Overwhelmed by data? As the national need for program evaluation in gifted education grows, state and local evaluation practices have become vital to the sustainability of services to high-ability learners. This session focuses on collecting the right kinds of data to evaluate programs and services for high-ability learners. Participants will have access to a user-friendly rubric for evaluation content, and recommended strategies to ease the intimidation of program evaluation. Throughout this discussion, Ann and Alicia will offer practical strategies and highlight available resources to assist in carrying out a local program evaluation.