Northern Illinois University

Office of Research, Evaluation and Policy Studies

Policy Validation

Policy validation in the educational field is determined by the results or outcomes generated by an intervention or a plan given from national, state, or local authorities designed to influence and make decisions to enhance current and future goals. It includes government’s expressed intentions to handle public problems through official enactments.

Policy validation formally documents an approach to provide assurance that the result of a policy will address concerns of stakeholders and that the application of the policy will consistently meet predetermined specifications and quality characteristics.