An Outside Evaluator Is Hired to Evaluate a School Program

An outside evaluator is hired to evaluate a school program that has special funding. A teacher tells him that he actually was brought in to collect data to justify the principal's plan to reassign several staff members.The evaluator's most appropriate action in this situation is to

A) interview a variety of key individuals in the field setting to explore further the basis for the evaluation request.
B) ask the teacher to provide evidence to support her claim.
C) terminate the evaluation effort in the interests of ethical principles.
D) ask the principal to reconfirm the previously stated purpose of the evaluation.