Essentials of Utilization-Focused evaluation: A Primer

Contents

• Step 1. Assess and Build Program and Organizational Readiness for Utilization-Focused Evaluation:
• Step 2. Assess and Enhance Evaluator Readiness and Competence to Undertake a Utilization-Focused Evaluation
• Step 3. Identify, Organize, and Engage Primary Intended Users: The Personal Factor
• Step 4. Situation Analysis Conducted Jointly With Primary Intended Users
• Step 5. Identify and Prioritize Primary Intended Uses by Determining Priority Purposes
• Step 6. Consider and Build in Process Uses if and as Appropriate
• Step 7. Focus Priority Evaluation Questions
• Step 8. Check That Fundamental Areas for Evaluation Inquiry Are Being Adequately Addressed: Implementation, Outcomes, and Attribution Questions
• Step 9. Determine What Intervention Model or Theory of Change Is Being Evaluated
• Step 9. Determine What Intervention Model or Theory of Change Is Being Evaluated
• Step 10. Negotiate Appropriate Methods to Generate Credible Findings That Support Intended Use by Intended Users
• Step 11. Make Sure Intended Users Understand Potential Methods Controversies and Their Implications
• Step 12. Simulate Use of Findings: Evaluation's Equivalent of a Dress Rehearsal
• Step 13. Gather Data With Ongoing Attention to Use
• Step 14. Organize and Present the Data for Interpretation and Use by Primary Intended Users: Analysis, Interpretation, Judgment, and Recommendations
• Step 15. Prepare an Evaluation Report to Facilitate Use and Disseminate Significant Findings to Expand Influence
• Step 16. Follow Up With Primary Intended Users to Facilitate and Enhance Use
• Step 17. Meta-evaluation of Use: Be Accountable, Learn, and Improve