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The Key to Evaluation: 10 Steps. "Evaluiert" in Brief
Zollikofen: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET) (2020), 23 pp.
"In this brochure – and in the ‘evaluiert’ textbook to which it refers – evaluation is understood as a scientific service that describes and valuates objects of evaluation (especially programmes and measures) for clarified purposes and on the basis of justified criteria. Moreover, the valuat
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Estimated Costs for Evaluation Services Depending on the Scale of the Program Being Evaluated
Institute of Public Policy Governance (2020), 1 p.
"The resource provides a guide for the expected costs of various evaluative activities in an Australian context. The main purpose for commissioners of evaluative activity to have a sense of the budget they should set aside for these activities. However, the guide also alerts potential users to the r
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Evaluation Management
Bonn: Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (2020), 51 pp.
Manuel Gestion de l'Évaluation
Bonn: Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (2020), 51 pp.
RealWorld Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints
Key Guidance
Top Insights
Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 3rd ed. (2020), xliv, 524 pp.
"Addresses the challenges of conducting program evaluations in real-world contexts where evaluators and their clients face budget and time constraints. The book is organized around the authors’ seven-step model that has been tested in workshops and practice environments to help the evaluation impl
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Results-Based Management Principles and Standards: The 3+5 Framework for Self-Assessment
New York City: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2019), 30 pp.
"The 3+5 framework consists of three core RBM principles plus five supporting principles. Each principle has an associated set of standards that capture the essential elements of RBM for generating and using results information. The primary focus of the 3+5 framework is to enhance the availability o
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Program Evaluation: Methods and Case Studies
New York: Routledge, 9th ed. (2019), viii, 333 pp.
"This text provides a solid foundation in program evaluation, covering the main components of evaluating agencies and their programs, how best to address those components, and the procedures to follow when conducting evaluations. Different models and approaches are paired with practical techniques,
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Evaluation: A Systematic Approach
Key Guidance
Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 8th ed. (2019), xviii, 342 pp.
"Evaluation: A Systematic Approach is the best-selling comprehensive introduction to the field of program evaluation, covering the range of evaluation research activities used in appraising the design, implementation, effectiveness, and efficiency of social programs. Evaluation domains are presented
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Being an Evaluator: Your Practical Guide to Evaluation
Key Guidance
New York; London: Guilford Press (2019), xvi, 368 pp.
"Demystifying the evaluation journey, this is the first evaluation mentoring book that addresses the choices, roles, and challenges that evaluators must navigate in the real world. Experienced evaluator and trainer Donna R. Podems covers both conceptual and technical aspects of practice in a friendl
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Systemic Evaluation Design: A Workbook
[author] (2019), 55 pp.
"Systemic evaluation design continuously addresses six questions: 1. What are the intervention purposes? 2. What is the scope and focus of the intervention and evaluation? 3. What ought to be the consequences of the evaluation and what evaluation purposes promote those consequences? 4. What are the
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Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth: A Guide to Program Evaluation with Stakeholders and Communities
New York: Oxford University Press (2018), xvi, 236 pp.
"Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth highlights the approaches, tools, and techniques that are most useful for evaluating educational and social service programs. This book walks the reader through a process of creating answerable evaluations questions, designing evaluation studies to answe
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Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Resilience: A Companion Guide
Sebastian Thomas; Helen Jeans; Gina Castillo; Alexia Pretari; Claudia Geraets (contrib.)
Oxford: Oxfam (2018), 32 pp.
Demystifying Evaluation: Practical Approaches for Researchers and Users
Bristol: Policy Press;Social Research Association (2017), xv, 194 pp.
"Demystifying Evaluation is an accessible introductory guide explaining the options open to evaluators and how to make appropriate choices of research methods, covering issues such as managing expectations of evaluation, quantitative and qualitative methods, engaging stakeholders and providing actio
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A Guide: Integrating Communication in Evaluation
Geneva: Owl RE (2017), 32 pp.
"This guide is designed for anyone who wants to learn how communication can more effectively support evaluation: evaluation consultants, communication consultants, evaluation commissioners and programme/project staff participating in evaluations. The guide is structured around three broad phases of
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The Evaluation Process in 10 Steps: A Guideline
Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2017), 42 pp.
"In order for evaluations to satisfy both the requirements of the implementing organisation and donors’ requirements, it is important that the process is properly planned and supported and that the scheduled timescale is adequate. When do I start planning? What constitutes high-quality Terms of Re
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The Step-by-Step Guide to Evaluation: How to Become Savvy Evaluation Consumers
Kellogg Foundation (2017), ix, 251 pp.
"At the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, we believe that evaluation is an effective management tool to both inform strategy development and track the progress and impact of strategy implementation. We have long been committed to supporting our grantees’ ability to derive and share lessons learned from the
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Evaluation Flash Cards: Embedding Evaluative Thinking in Organizational Culture
Quick Overview
St. Paul, Minnesota: Otto Bremer Trust (2017), 28 pp.
"As part of our ongoing work to strengthen our support for communities, the trustees and staff of the Otto Bremer Trust engaged in a series of learning seminars on evaluation. In order to make the core concepts easily accessible and retrievable, we asked Michael Quinn Patton, who led the seminars, t
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Evaluation Approaches for Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Programs
Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation (2017), ix, 81 pp.
"The goal of this handbook is to provide guidance to practitioners and organizations interested in evaluating mental health prevention and early intervention (PEI) programs. In the course of developing an evaluation plan for a series of PEI programs implemented statewide by the California Mental Hea
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Types of Evaluation
INTRAC (2017), 4 pp.
"There are many different types of evaluation. Each type has its own set of processes and/or principles. Many factors influence decisions over what type of evaluation to use. Evaluations can be categorised according to their purpose, who conducts them, when they are carried out, the broad approach u
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Utilisation-Focused Evaluation
INTRAC (2017), 2 pp.
"Utilisation-focused evaluations (UFEs) are based on the principle that an evaluation should be judged according to how useful it is. UFEs should be planned and implemented in a way that increases the likelihood of the findings being used. This normally means identifying the primary users of an eval
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