Evaluation Tools and Resources

The BetterEvaluation Resource Library contains hundreds of curated and co-created resources related to managing, conducting, using, and strengthening capacity for evaluation.

You can use the search field and filtering on this page to find resources that you are interested in or you can browse our extensive list. An alternative way to find resources best suited to your needs is to explore the Rainbow Framework, where you can find resources relating to evaluation methods, approaches and tasks.

  • 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. 
  • Outcome harvesting

    "Outcome Harvesting is a utilisation-focused, highly participatory tool that enables evaluators, grant makers, and managers to identify, formulate, verify, and make sense of outcomes they have influenced when relationships of cause-effect a
  • Cosecha de alcances

    Cosecha de Alcances es una herramienta centrada en la utilización y altamente participativo que permite a evaluadores, donantes y gerentes de proyectos y programas identificar, formular, verificar y dar sentido a los alcances en que han inf
  • BigML

    BigML is an online software package that can be used for data or text mining. The program allows you to input raw data, create data sets, develop models and then make predictions. 
  • RapidMiner

    RapidMiner is a software package that allows data mining, text mining and predictive analytics.
  • Capacity.org: a gateway for capacity development

    This website provides a range of resources that can be used for the practice of capacity development which are closely linked to, and build upon, the topics covered in the Capac
  • Centre of Excellence for Evaluation (CEE)

    The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's Centre of Excellence in Evaluation (CEE) provided advice and guidance on evaluation practices across the federal government.
  • Haiku Deck - Presentation Making Software

    A free and easy to use platform available online and as an iPad app for quickly making simple, well laid-out presentations.
  • 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.
  • Voice and accountability tool: engagement framework

    This tool from the Catholic Aid Agency for England and Wales (CAFOD) is aimed at supporting groups evaluate their capacity to conduct advocacy programs and improve their performance.
  • 5dchart Add-in for Microsoft Excel

    5dchart Add-in for Microsoft Excel is an extension designed to generate 3D bubble charts and 3D scatter plots for large and complex data sets directly in Microsoft Excel.
  • Guidelines 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.
  • What is a Community of Practice?

    Step Four in the
  • Many eyes stack graph tool

    This tool from Many Eyes allows the user to input data of their choice and then create a stack graph using two different options.
  • Empowerment Evaluation Blog

    This blog, by Dr David Fetterman, provides a range of resources on empowerment evaluation theory and practice.
  • Brief introduction to realist evaluation

    This web page from Community Matters provides a brief introduction to realist evaluation along with the a chapter by Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley that provides discussion of the basic concepts , strategies and methods of realist evaluation.
  • Data visualization checklist

    Stephanie Evergreen (Evergreen Data) and Ann K.
  • Constituent voice

    This webpage from Keystone Accountability looks at the use of constituent voice as a way of discovering what beneficiaries think about plans, performance and reports.
  • Feedback Labs

    Feedback Labs is a collaboration of like-minded organisations who aim to make governments, NGOs and donors more responsive to the needs of their constituents.
  • Australian Data Archive

    The Australian Data Archive provides facilities for collecting and archiving digital research data, which are then made available to secondary users and researchers.
  • GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: Data archive

    The GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Science's Data Archive focuses primarily on the processing and archiving of German and international comparative surveys in the fields of social and political science.
  • UK Data Archive

    The UK Data Archive is the UK's largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities.
  • Herramienta para medir el nivel de participación en una evaluación

    Esta prueba permite medir el carácter más o menos participativo de su evaluación.
  • Develop a Communications Plan

    This web page from the Evaluation Toolkit website outlines a six question approach that can be used to develop a communications plan for the dissemination of evaluation results.
  • Showcasing key findings through excel charts

    This webpage by Ann K Emery provides a number of short video tutorials for creating Excel charts that can be used for highlighting evaluation findings in reports.
  • MetricWire

    MetricWire is a platform for mobile data collection. It allows researchers to design complex studies online and provides participants with the option of responding using their smartphones and other electronic devices.
  • Evaluating, measuring, monitoring and benchmarking

    This paper from the New Nature of Business (archived link) provides a detailed list of tools that can be used to assess the impact of a business on
  • The Big Push Forward

    This website provides a range of resources and discussion about approaches for assessing transformative development processes.
  • The Data Visualisation Catalogue

    This website, developed by Severino Ribecca, provides a comprehensive catalogue of data visualisation methods.
  • Tagxedo

    Tagxedo is a tool that allows you to create word clouds from online material be entering the web address and then choosing the shape you would like the it to appear as.