BetterEvaluation
An international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options (methods or tools) and approaches.

The BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework organizes 200+ evaluation options into 7 clusters of evaluation tasks.

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• MANAGE
  Manage an evaluation or an evaluation system Evaluation Tasks

  1. Understand and engage with stakeholders 2. Establish decision making processes 3. Decide who will conduct the evaluation View all tasks...

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• DEFINE
  Define what is to be evaluated and how it is understood to work Evaluation Tasks

  1. Develop initial description 2. Develop program theory/logic model 3. Identify potential unintended results

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• FRAME
  Set the boundaries for an evaluation - purpose, questions and criteria Evaluation Tasks

  2. Identify primary intended users 2. Decide purpose 3. Specify the key evaluation questions

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• DESCRIBE
  Collect and analyse data to describe activities, outcomes, impacts and context Evaluation Tasks

  1. Sample 2. Use measures, indicators or metrics 3. Collect and/or retrieve data View all tasks...

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• UNDERSTAND CAUSES
  Analyse what has produced the outcomes and impacts Evaluation Tasks

  1. Check the results support causal attribution 2. Compare results to the counterfactual 3. Investigate possible explanations

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• SYNTHESIZE
  Bring together data from one or more evaluations to make an evaluative judgement Evaluation Tasks

  1. Synthesize data from a single evaluation 2. Synthesize data across evaluations 3. Generalize findings

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• REPORT & SUPPORT USE
  Report findings and support users to understand and use them Evaluation Tasks

  1. Identify reporting requirements 2. Develop reporting media 3. Ensure accessibility View all tasks...

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