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What it is:
It is important to take the time to consider carefully what the evaluation needs to do before thinking through possible evaluation designs. Ensure all those who need to be consulted during this process are adequately involved.
What it involves:
Sub-steps:
- Clarify what will be evaluated
- Describe the theory of change
- Identify who are the primary intended users of the evaluation and what will they use it for
- Develop agreed key evaluation questions
- Decide the timing of the evaluation
- Decide whether the evaluation will be done by an external team, an internal team or a hybrid of both
- Determine the evaluator qualities
- Identify what resources are available for the evaluation and what will be needed
Products
- Description of the programming that is going to be evaluated (the evaluand)
- Theory of change and/or logic model
- List of primary intended users and their uses for the evaluation
- List of agreed key evaluation questions
- Evaluation timeline
- Evaluator qualities
- Evaluation budget
These products inform the development of a formal Terms of Reference (ToR) or Request for Proposal (RFP) (see Step 3)
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+ - 2. Scope the evaluation
- Clarify what will be evaluated
- Describe the theory of change
- Identify who are the primary intended users of the evaluation and what will they use it for
- Develop agreed key evaluation questions
- Decide the timing of the evaluation
- Decide whether the evaluation will be done by an external team, an internal team or a hybrid of both
- Determine the evaluator qualities
- Identify what resources are available for the evaluation and what will be needed
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