This paper reviews a single, large-scale evaluation of a long-term, aid-financed program in some practical subjects in Kenyan secondary schools. The analysis presented is a meta-evaluation, an evaluation of an evaluation, undertaken by two of the authors of the evaluation. A brief account of the evaluation project is first provided. This is followed by an attempt to contextualize the evaluation project within the field of evaluation in the social sciences through an examination of the project's design, approach, and techniques. Finally, some questions are raised about the notion of formal evaluation, derived from mainly developed country environments, as it may apply in policy making in Third World countries. (YLB)