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Criteria for selection of high-performing indicators
This checklist, created by Goldie MacDonald for The Evaluation Center, provides a set of criteria that can be used for identifying and selecting indicators for evaluation in collaboration with stakeholders.Criterios de selección de los indicadores de alto rendimiento
La lista de verificación incluye criterios basados en la práctica que deben tenerse en cuenta en la selección de los indicadores que se usarán para el monitoreo y la evaluación.Critères de sélection d’indicateurs de haute performance
La liste de contrôle comprend des critères centrés sur la pratique, à prendre en considération dans le choix des indicateurs à utiliser dans le suivi et l’évaluation.Uganda evaluation standards
This set of standards was developed by the Uganda Evaluation Association (UEA) in order to guide evaluations that take place in Uganda to ensure a good standard of practice is demonstrated by evaluators during evaluationStrong evaluation designs for programs with unexpected consequences
This webinar, presented by Jonathan Morell to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), looks at creating evaluation designs for programs that have unexpected consequences.Field guide for evaluation
This guide from Pact provides detailed guidance on each part of the evaluation process.Evaluation of the stronger families and communities strategy - Qualitative cost benefit analysis
This paper has been developed as part of the evaluation of the Australian Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2000-2004 (the Strategy).Reconstructing baseline data for impact evaluation and results measurement
This paper, written by Michael Bamberger for the World Bank, analyses why baseline studies are not always conducted and then outlines strategies that can be used to reconstruct baseline data latDevelopment of a coexistive evaluation model for Landcare Queensland
This paper, written by Kate Roberts, describes the use of a Coexistive evaluation model to design and implement an evaluation of Landcare Queensland.Moving from outputs to outcomes
This report by Burt Perrin offers evidence that countries are moving away from evaluating the performance of government on activities, inputs and outputs, and focusing instead on a results-driven approach.Participatory video and the most significant change. A guide for facilitators
The toolkit is designed to support you in planning and carrying out evaluations using participatory video (PV) with the most significant change (MSC) technique, or PVMSC for short.Theory-based approaches to evaluation: Concepts and practices
This web page from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat provides an outline of some of the key concepts of theory-based approaches to evaluation.5 differences between complexity & systems thinking
This blog post by Sonja Blignaut for More Beyond discusses some of the clear distinctions between complexity thinking and systems thinking.Public Service Transformation: Introductory guide to evaluation
This guide from the Public Service Transformation Network aims to support evaluation of the effectiveness of work to transform public services.From intended strategies to unintended outcomes: The impact of change recipient sensemaking
This paper, written by Julia Balogun and Gerry Johnson, outlines a longitudinal, real-time analysis of planned change implementation to provide an explanation for the unintended results that come about from evaluation strategies.Measuring health promotion impacts: A guide to impact evaluation in integrated health promotion
This guide from the Victorian Government Department of Human Services aims to assist in the design and implementation of impact evaluation methods and indicators for health care prChoosing qualitative data analysis software
This chapter section by Eben A. Weitzman guides readers through some of the important considerations when choosing appropriate qualitative analysis software.How do we know if a program made a difference? A guide to statistical methods for program impact evaluation
This guide, written by Peter M. Lance, David K. Guilkey, Aiko Hattori and Gustavo Angeles for MEASURE Evaluation, outlines core statistical and econometric methods for program impact evaluation.Facilitating management learning: Developing critical reflection through reflective tools
Although focused on viewing critical reflection through the scope of management learning, this article discusses a range of critical reflection tools that have been drawn from other professional areas, such as storytelling, metapDesigning initiative evaluation: A systems-orientated framework for evaluating social change efforts
This guide from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation outlines a systems-oriented framework for initiative and cluster evaluation and includes four general designs that can be used.Evaluation plan template
These New Zealand Aid Program documents are designed to allow users to input data and information in a pre-formatted evaluation plan template.Australian Government performance story report
This is an example of collaborative outcomes reporting (COR) used for a natural resource management program in South Australia.Castlemaine 500 project outcomes
This report is an example of a Collaborative Outcomes Report (COR) from a community sustainability project in Victoria, Australia. It is titled "How we ran a behaviour change program and the lessons we learnt".Dugong and marine turtle project final report executive summary 2009
This page describes the reporting outcomes of an Australian Government conducted COR process on a Dugong and Marine Turtle Project in Northern Australia.Developing a performance story report
This guide outlines a step-by-step participatory process for developing a performance story report in the context of ‘performance story evaluation’ and natural resource management, but can be used for monitoring and in other contexts.DFAT design and monitoring and evaluation standards
These updated design, monitoring and evaluation standards from the Australian Government aim to "improve the quality and use of Design and M&E products, and to integrate evaluative thinking into everyday work".NSW Government evaluation framework
This framework has been developed to guide the consistent and transparent evaluation of government programs in the New South Wales (Australia) State Government to inform decision making on policy directions, program design anGuidelines for evaluation terms of reference
This tool from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provides a template for developing a Terms of Reference (ToR) for an evaluation.Weighting of agricultural research results: Strength and limitations of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
This paper discusses the usefulness of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in weighting agricultural research results in ex-post research evaluation.Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework
This discussion brief considers the benefits of using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) to assess the impact of research on agricultural poverty.Project manager's guide to managing impact and process evaluation studies
This guide from the US Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) provides detailed guidance on selecting and managing evaluation by using a stORID and strategic questioning
This slideshow from L Carson of the University of Sydney outlines the key concepts involved in ORID and provides examples of what to do and what not to do when using strategic questioning.