The process of evaluation is one that is continuous. It allows project goals and efforts to be measured against the original objectives on an ongoing basis. In a Trails to Literacy project there are two levels of evaluation that must go on simultaneously. There is the evaluation by the 'overseers' who originally envisioned the project and are ultimately responsible for literacy or other funders' goals being met. There is also the evaluation by the participants, ensuring that they are meeting their own goals, both for the group and individually. It is often a struggle, especially for program staff, to juggle or balance the evaluative efforts, and subsequent directions, of the two groups.