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Good Evaluation Questions: A Checklist to Help Focus Your Evaluation
This checklist, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that can be used to assess the the quality of potential evaluation questions.Checklist for deciding to evaluate
This checklist from USAID is designed to allow the user to make a decision if and when they should evaluate a given project or program.More or less global citizenship? When measuring becomes learning
This paper, written by Jan van Ongevalle and Christine Carabain for NCDO looks at the action research conducted by four Dutch organisations active in promoting global citizenship analysing the effectivenessRainbow framework: Brief overview
This tool can help you to plan an evaluation by prompting you to think about a series of key questions.Ferramenta de planejamento ‘Quadro Arco-íris’
Esta herramienta puede ayudarle a planear una evaluación por que le pide que piense en una serie de preguntas clave.Interpreting correlations: An interactive visualization
This interactive graphic created by Kristoffer Magnusson graphically illustrates the principles ofWhat Business Cards Can Teach Us About Evaluation Reports
This blog post by Stephanie Evergreen from Evergreen Data uses the designs of a number of business cards that she had collected over the years to highlight a number of important principles of desSocial Value self assessment tool
The online self assessment tool was created by Social Value UK (formerly the SROI Network, archived link) in collabLessons Learned from Evaluation
This paper, written by M. J. Spilsbury, C. Perch, S. Norgbey, G.The fish soup development story
In this webinar, Ricardo Wilson-Grau presents a story of fish soup development in order to demonstrate how inputps, outputs, outcomes and impacts relate to the use of Outcome Mapping in complex and simple situations.La Historia del Desarrollo de una Sopa de Pescado
Webninar del 11 de abril de 2011. Explica los conceptos de insumos, productos, alcances e impactos diferenciando entre situaciones simples y complejas. Bosqueja las implicaciones para el Mapeo de Alcances.Rule of Thirds Template for Slide Layout
This blog post by Stephanie Evergreen of Evergreen Data illustrates how to take the classic photography compositional 'rule of thirds' and apply it to the creation of visually powerful slides.Inclusive-Nationalism Country Assessment and Action (INCAA) tool
The INCAA tool was developed was developed by Sovereignty First as a way to develop a snapshot of a country's 'cultural condition'. It measures 25 components which are necessary to evaluate a cCausalImpact
This open-source R package, developed by Kay H. Brodersen for Google, can be used for estimating the causal effect of a designed intervention on a time series.Request for proposal - UNICEF
This example of a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is for a joint evaluation of HIV-related capacity development initiatives on young key populations in Asia an12 components monitoring and evaluation system strengthening tool
This tool from UNAIDS has been developed to support the implementation of an assessment of the national HIV monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system.12 components monitoring and evaluation system strengthening tool - Excel version
This tool, developed by UNAIDS, is an Excel workbook version of the assessment tool including dashboards for displaying the assessment results and the actions planned.Evaluation au niveau région
Les questions ci-dessous sont présentées à titre indicatif. Beaucoup d'entre elles sont dérivées des derniers travaux d'évaluation pays conduits par l'Unité d'évaluation.Evaluation exchange, special issue on democratic evaluation
This special issue of Evaluation Exchange focuses on democratic evaluation and includes discussions on equity and inclusion of a variety of community-focused programs.Monitoring and evaluation framework
This template from Charities Evaluation Services allows the user to develop an evaluation framework for program monitoring and evaluation. It also includes a completed example for a family centre.Participatory Grant Making: A success story from southern Africa
This report written by by Carla Sutherland and Khosi Xaba for the Other Foundation outlines the process that was used as part of a pilot grant making initiative.Assumption based planning tool
This tool, developed by Bob Williams, is based on the Rand Corporation’s Assumption Based Planning (ABP) method with.West Lothian Children’s Rights Forum – Having Your Say
This case study from the Scottish Health Council provides an example of how participatory approaches can be used to incorporate the views of key stakeholders in the provision of hSEVAL Evaluation standards
These are the evaluation standards of the Swiss Evaluation Society (SEVAL) which have been designed to contribute to the professionalisation of evaluation in Switzerland.Slopegraph template
This blog post Cole Nussbaumer for Storytelling with Data provides an Excel template for creating slopegraphs.Data dashboard as evaluation and research communication tool
This chapter by Veronica Smith aims to provide a sound framework and guidelines for evaluators, researchers, and program staff to design, develop, maintain, and use a data dashboard as an effective communication tool for monitoring progressReporting needs analysis template
This template aims to help evaluators think through and document some of the issues around reporting needs during an evaluation. This resource and the following information was contributed by Alice Macfarlan.Plantilla y guía práctica para la evaluación del desempeño gubernamental
"Esta guía [ y el tablero] puede ser utilizada por cualquier empleado/a público, pero ha sido diseñada principalmente para aquellos/as que trabajan en el análisis de información y datos de las agencias y corporaciones en áreas tales como plChangeroo
Changeroo is a subscription-based Theory of Change creator.Factsheets summarizing ToRs
This downloadable template by Sara Vaca (VisualBrains) is an example of a Terms of Reference summary sheet to help potential evaluators quickly grasp the key specifications of an evaluation.Collaboration mapping
This tool, developed by USAID/Rwanda and shared as part of USAID's Collaboration, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Toolkit, is one way of graphically depicting relationships between key stakeholders.‘Context Matters’ framework for improving evidence use: what do policymakers and practitioners think about it?
This blog introduces the 'Context Matters' framework - a living tool that builds on and contributes to learning and thinking on evidence-informed policy making, by providing a lens through which to examine the context (internal and external