diff --git a/dspy/evaluate/evaluate.py b/dspy/evaluate/evaluate.py
index b9c7098971..50be80a1e7 100644
--- a/dspy/evaluate/evaluate.py
+++ b/dspy/evaluate/evaluate.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def __call__(
         display_table: Optional[bool] = None,
         return_all_scores: Optional[bool] = None,
         return_outputs: Optional[bool] = None,
+        callback_metadata: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
     ):
         """
         Args:
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ def __call__(
                 use `self.return_all_scores`.
             return_outputs (bool): Whether to return the dspy program's outputs for every data in `devset`. if not
                 provided, use `self.return_outputs`.
+            callback_metadata (dict): Metadata to be used for evaluate callback handlers.
 
         Returns:
             The evaluation results are returned in different formats based on the flags:
@@ -139,6 +141,9 @@ def __call__(
         return_all_scores = return_all_scores if return_all_scores is not None else self.return_all_scores
         return_outputs = return_outputs if return_outputs is not None else self.return_outputs
 
+        if callback_metadata:
+            logger.debug(f"Evaluate is called with callback metadata: {callback_metadata}")
+
         tqdm.tqdm._instances.clear()
 
         executor = ParallelExecutor(
diff --git a/dspy/teleprompt/utils.py b/dspy/teleprompt/utils.py
index 9414c7bd7e..bbf9ac5035 100644
--- a/dspy/teleprompt/utils.py
+++ b/dspy/teleprompt/utils.py
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@ def eval_candidate_program(batch_size, trainset, candidate_program, evaluate, rn
     try:
         # Evaluate on the full trainset
         if batch_size >= len(trainset):
-            return evaluate(candidate_program, devset=trainset, return_all_scores=return_all_scores)
+            return evaluate(candidate_program, devset=trainset, return_all_scores=return_all_scores, callback_metadata={"metric_key": "eval_full"})
         # Or evaluate on a minibatch
         else:
             return evaluate(
                 candidate_program,
                 devset=create_minibatch(trainset, batch_size, rng),
-                return_all_scores=return_all_scores
+                return_all_scores=return_all_scores,
+                callback_metadata={"metric_key": "eval_minibatch"}
             )
     except Exception:
         logger.error("An exception occurred during evaluation", exc_info=True)
diff --git a/tests/teleprompt/test_utils.py b/tests/teleprompt/test_utils.py
index f067e488dc..e6f2d8a398 100644
--- a/tests/teleprompt/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/teleprompt/test_utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def test_eval_candidate_program_full_trainset():
     evaluate.assert_called_once()
     _, called_kwargs = evaluate.call_args
     assert len(called_kwargs['devset']) == len(trainset)
+    assert called_kwargs['callback_metadata'] == {"metric_key": "eval_full"}
     assert result == 0
 
 def test_eval_candidate_program_minibatch():
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def test_eval_candidate_program_minibatch():
     evaluate.assert_called_once()
     _, called_kwargs = evaluate.call_args
     assert len(called_kwargs['devset']) == batch_size
+    assert called_kwargs['callback_metadata'] == {"metric_key": "eval_minibatch"}
     assert result == 0
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("return_all_scores", [True, False])