Evaluation Series | Structure of Evaluation and Review Reports
Style and grammar
Reports are formal documents representing the authors and NZAID (commissioning and publishing) and are intended to be suitable for public release. As such, reports should:
- be consistent with the NZAID Style Guide, where possible
- be written to a formal professional standard
- be written in a clear and easily readable style suitable for a broad audience
- style and grammar should be consistent throughout the report
- paragraphs should be numbered (for easy reference)
- tables, graphs, charts, and diagrams should be numbered and titled and information sources identified-note that the report text should refer to each item
- acronyms being used appropriately e.g. full name used the first time the name appears4 in the document and acronyms not used when the name is mentioned only 3-4 times.