This webpage provides 13 separate rubrics developed for different aspects of the Measurable Gains Framework in the Maori Education Strategy.
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- A few months ago we started gathering data on the user experience (UX) of the BetterEvaluation website.
- We've now completed the first component of our user research - the user survey.
- Following up from Stephanie Evergreen's seminar on Presenting data effectively,
- Last week I was lucky enough to be involved in a series of workshops by Stephanie Evergreen on presenting data effectively.
- COMPASSS (Comparative methods for systematic cross-case analysis) is a website that has been designed to develop the use of systematic comparative case analysis as a research strategy by bringing together scholars and practitioners who sha
- Coolors is a colour palette generator.
- 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 initiative or program
- This infographic by Infographic World identifies the key data to be measured and specific tools and applications for tracking different social media profiles.
- Evaluating Human Capital Projects is a practical guide to planning, evaluating and improving all types of human capital projects. Its central theme is that organisations do not always value 'softer' investment in people as highly as other
- 5dchart Add-in for Microsoft Excel is an extension designed to generate 3D bubble charts and 3D scatter plots for large and complex data sets directly in Microsoft Excel.
- This article by Dr. Bernadette Wright and Dr.
- This book chapter identifies the basic elements of a program logic model.
- This webpage provides two brief examples which describe the unintended consequences of an intervention.
- ImpactMap is a tool which creates logic models using a fixed format. It also produces action plans and documents performance measurement plans.
- ViewWorld is a platform (application) for Mobile Data Collection. It's designed to help project members in the field collect data with the ViewWorld Reporting App.
- The purpose of this manual is to familiarize users with RRA and PRA methods, to demonstrate the applicability of these methods to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) funded projects, and to encour
- This resource discusses interactive, face-to-face techniques to use to achieve particular evaluation goals, especially in formal meetings of an evaluation.
- This knowledge product is a reference guide for using mobile-based technology, and its associated benefits of real-time data sharing and data analysis; thereby enabling organizations, donors and citizens to use Monitoring and Evaluation (M&
- This short article shows the development of a logic model using two techniques at the same time - a plastic shower curtain and DoView software.
- The following example can be found in Appendix H of the Final Evaluation Report of the Recognised Seasonal Employer Policy, which details merit determination rubrics involving a rating, worker dimensions and employer dimensions.
- iFormBuilder is a mobile data collection platform that allows users to build a survey and distribute it to field workers for data entry.
- This whitepaper, by Noah Iliinsky, IBM Visualisation Expert, covers the various visual properties of data visualisation and how to appropriately apply them to various types of data.
- Theory of Change Community is a website useful for anyone interested in or working with Theory of Change.
- "Outcome Harvesting is a utilisation-focused, highly participatory tool that enables evaluators, grant makers, and managers to identify, formulate, verify, and make sense of outcomes they have influenced when relationships of cause-effect a
- "Outcome Harvesting is a utilisation-focused, highly participatory tool that enables evaluators, grant makers, and managers to identify, formulate, verify, and make sense of outcomes they have influenced when relationships of cause-effect a
- Pact envisioned OPI filling a gap in traditional capacity development measurements, moving beyond measuring outputs toward capturing capacity development outcomes.
- This website, created by Ann Emery, provides a series of short videos on using Microsoft Excel to analyze data.
- This resource reports the results from a randomized experiment intended to evaluation the direct and indirect (displacement) impacts of job placement assistance on the labor market outcomes of young, educated job seekers in France.
- This module introduces the language, concepts, tools and strategies utilised in Implementation Research (IR).
- The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) created this discussion paper to generate meaningful debate and help their sector work with AusAID to define value for money better.
- This example documents the objectives, scope of work, evaluation questions, composition of review team and the timeline of the evaluation of a program designed to address the underlying issues that contribute to vulnerabilities such as a la
- This is a recording from the first virtual event hosted by BetterEvaluation (December 2012). The event takes a format of a community clinic, in which one participant is asked to describe a particular challenge that they're having.
- This blog post by Rick Davies discusses the criteria identified to assess the evaluability of Theory of Change (ToC).
- This document is an example of a Terms of Reference used to evaluate a two year project implemented in Swaziland designed to promote a greater understanding of human rights and knowledge of the Bill of Rights as enshrined in the Swaziland C
Terms of reference for an implementation evaluation of the comprehensive rural development programme
This example is based on the evaluation of a programme designed to mobilise and empower rural communities to take control of their own destiny with the support of government, and address rural poverty through the use and management of natur- This report summarises an expert meeting discussing issues related to methods of estimating family planning program costs.
- "The IASC Gender Marker is a tool that codes, on a 0-2 scale, whether or not a humanitarian project is designed well enough to ensure that women/girls and men/boys will benefit equally from it or that it will advance gender equality in anot
- Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD) is a tool used in system dynamics to develop an understanding of complex systems.
- This example documents the evaluation approach and methodology performed on various programs implemented in Zambia to address gender-based violence (GBV).
- The impetus for this article comes from the authors’ experience of developing an intervention logic during a two-year evaluation of a complicated government policy.
- "The program had two main objectives: to facilitate research on a range of policy-related issues that are of concern to Canada's Aboriginal peoples, including urban issues, economic development, the environment, education, research ethics,
- This volume highlights the experience of several countries which have succeeded in building a well-functioning government M&E system, including Chile, Colombia and Australia.
- This article, written by Bent Flyvbjerg (Aalborg University, Denmark) examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research.
- This provides guidance in terms of some basic ethical principles. Respect for persons refers to a competent individual's right to self-determination.
- The Evaluation Capacity Development Group (ECDG) created this toolkit to help organizations become more evaluative by providing information, conducting training, and facilitating organizational change.
- This paper has been developed as part of the evaluation of the Australian Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2000-2004 (the Strategy).
- In 2001 a peace education project was implemented in Aceh, designed to encourage non-violence and peaceful conflict resolution among youths.
- 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.
- This guide addresses questions about the new role of evaluation in USAID and outlines key steps operating units should follow in planning and conducting evaluations.
- This book focuses by Robert K. Yin on case study design and analysis as a distinct research tool with wide applicability.
- A toolkit developed as part of a formative evaluation by the UNICEF Regional Office of young people's participation in the CEE/CIS region in 2005.