The BetterEvaluation Resource Library contains hundreds of curated and co-created resources related to managing, conducting, using, and strengthening capacity for evaluation.
You can use the search field and filtering on this page to find resources that you are interested in or you can browse our extensive list. An alternative way to find resources best suited to your needs is to explore the Rainbow Framework, where you can find resources relating to evaluation methods, approaches and tasks.
- 1147 results found
- X Evaluators
- X Other
Overview of the design process for mixed method evaluations
This chapter from the National Science Foundation's User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations provides an overview of the design process for mixed method evaluatioGender focused sector analysis workshop
This report was written on a gender focused sector analysis workshop given for DACAAR teams in Afghanistan.Unintended consequences: Road safety evaluation
This webpage provides two brief examples which describe the unintended consequences of an intervention.Evaluation Capacity Development Group toolkit
The Evaluation Capacity Development Group (ECDG) created this toolkit to help organizations become more evaluative by providing information, conducting training, and facilitating organizational change.Children and participation: Research, monitoring and evaluation with children and young people
This resource provides an overview of good practice when involving children in research and evaluation, including a rationale for doing this, ethical issues to address and possible tools to use.Excel for evaluation
This website, created by Ann Emery, provides a series of short videos on using Microsoft Excel to analyze data.Using wait list control groups in evaluation
This overview from the American Evaluation Association's AEA 365 blog page, provides an overview of using waitlist control groups.Developing a logic model: Teaching and training guide
This guide from the University of Wisconsin-Extension provides a range of activities that introduce the reader to creating and using logic models.Creating program logic models
This book chapter identifies the basic elements of a program logic model.Causal loop diagrams: Little known analytical tool
Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD) is a tool used in system dynamics to develop an understanding of complex systems.Purposive sampling
This entry from the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods provides a detailed overview of purposive sampliCore concepts in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks (2014)
This guide developed by Anne Markiewicz and Associates defines the parameters of routine monitoring and periodic evaluation that should take place over the life of an initiAgricultural innovation systems: An investment sourcebook
Drawing on the emerging principles of Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) analysis and action, this sourcebook was developed by the World Bank to strengthen innovation systems and promote agriculturalAssessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework
This paper reports on the approach used in a multicountry study of the poverty impact of research programs under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).Changing views on change: Participatory approaches to monitoring the environment
This paper, written by Joanne Abbot and Irene Guijt, reviews a range of approaches for participatory monitoring of the environment.Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA)
Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) is a software package that can be used to conduct a meta-analysis simply and effectively.CDC: Checklist to help focus your evaluation
This checklist, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), helps you to assess potential evaluation questions in terms of their relevance, feasibility, fit with the values, nature and tiFormBuilder
iFormBuilder is a mobile data collection platform that allows users to build a survey and distribute it to field workers for data entry.Rethinking monitoring for collective learning in rural resource management
Drawing on the author's experience in rural resource management in Brazil this paper discusses the common misconceptions, potential and processes involved in Participatory Monitory and Evaluation (PM&E)Transforming a lizard into a cow: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Zimbabwe
This report is the second in this series and presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing quality education.areol: Convergent interviewing
This reading is taken from Session 8 of the online course Action Research and Evaluation Online (AREOL). It explains in detail the technique known as convergent Interviewing and how it can be used for effective data collection.Participation Toolkit: Exercises for working together
This resource provides set of practical participative exercises to help both large and small groups, teams and boards introduce new and different ways of change the option of communicating, analysing and deciding what to do.Advancing evaluation practices in philanthropy
This series of papers about evaluation practices in philanthropy was published as a sponsored supplement of the Stanford Social Innovation Review for the Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation.Guide to evaluating rural extension
The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) have developed this guide to evaluating rural extension with the aim to provide comprehensive support for people involved in extention evaluationsOkiko in pursuit of a snail: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Kenya
This report is the third in this series and presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing quality education.Magpi (formerly Episurveyor)
Magpi (formerly EpiSurveyor) is a mobile data collection platform widely used in the international development sector.Ray Calabrese's buckeye blog
A webpage and blog site of Professor Ray Calabrese, from Ohio State University USA.My Thuan Bridge: Monitoring success
This evaluation report, written equally in English and Vietnamese, is about the Ausaid-funded My Thuan Bridge, the first bridge constructed across the Mekong River in Viet Nam.Evaluation methods for assessing value for money
This paper by Farida Fleming reviews different evaluation methods used for assessing Value for Money, compares their similarities and differences, and examines the questions each method is most suited to evaluating.Open Data Kit (ODK)
A free and open-source set of software tools for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.Use of impact evaluation results
This is the fourth guidance note from InterAction's series on impact evaluation. The guide, written by David Bonbright, outlines three key themes linked to the effective use of evaluation results.Uso de los resultados de la evaluación de impacto
This is the fourth guidance note from InterAction's series on impact evaluation. The guide, written by David Bonbright, outlines three key themes linked to the effective use of evaluation results.