Checklist for Assessing USAID Evaluation Reports

This checklist from USAID is designed to support staff to produce high quality, evidence based evaluation reports.

The Evaluation Report Checklist should be used "to review and strengthen draft evaluation reports. The fifteen (15) items in bold are critical factors that should be addressed in early drafts of the evaluation report. As the report is finalized we recommend that you assess it against all seventy six (76) factors to ensure high technical quality, a strong executive summary, and the targeting of recommendations for decision-making purposes. One of USAID’s main responsibilities with evaluations is to ensure that they are broadly disseminated--and actively communicated--for learning, program improvement and accountability purposes. Make sure to pay attention not only to the technical quality of evaluations but to promoting their use and impact." (USAID, 2012)

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Evaluation Report Checklist v1.0
    • Structure of the report
    • Executive summary
    • Introduction
    • Scope and methodology
    • Analysis
    • Findings
    • Conclusions
    • Recommendations
    • Lessons learned
    • Bottomline
    • Report dissemination

 

Sources

USAID. (2012). Checklist for assessing usaid evaluation reports. Retrieved from website: http://quest.usaid.gov/node/2299 (archived link)