Steps - Steps to transforming evaluation practice for social change

This tool from Margaret Sanger Center International provides a step-by-step process for planning, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects.

This tool is no longer available online, except for an archived version on the Wayback Machine. We have provided a link to the archived version, but some functionality may not be available.

The process is based on key M & E principles combined with a rights-based, social justice stance. The following eight steps make up the program, with each step including a range of resources to support its use.

  1. Getting Started
  2. Defining the Problem
  3. Your Objectives
  4. Your Indicators
  5. Data You Need
  6. Collecting Data
  7. Analyzing Data
  8. Using Findings

Contents

  • 8 eLearning Modules
  • Appendix with Pre-existing Indicators that can facilitate a rights-based social justice program planning and M&E process
  • 3 Case Examples
  • Downloadable worksheets, including Causal pathway and Logical Framework
  • Group exercises
  • Ability to log in and save your information in the log frame online

Sources

STEPS, Margaret Sanger Center International, Planned Parenthood of New York City. (2009). Steps - steps to transforming evaluation practice for social change. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20120415052446/http://stepstoolkit.org/ (archived link)