This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. If you are an evaluator, or someone interested in learning more about evaluation, you might have experienced the frustration of searching for evaluation-related content online. The word evaluation is used in so many different contexts and industries, that it can be […]
Evaluating for Spread and Scale
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: These two words go together so nicely, “spread and scale”; they kind of roll off the tongue. I wonder how many of us would struggle to define or, perhaps more importantly, distinguish the two. Earlier in my career, […]
Survey Question Types
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. We love a survey at Eval Academy! It’s one of the most commonly used data collection tools in an evaluator’s toolbox. There are lots of benefits to using a survey: you can collect lots of responses for a low cost, you can collect […]
In defence of long reports.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: 116, 78, 54, 47 – These are not my golf scores, or my typing speed, or even the number of CDs I owned in the 90s. These are my report lengths, in pages. My name […]
Building Capacity in Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Most evaluators are hired to evaluate something: a program, grant-funded activities, a new approach. But what do you do if you get asked to build capacity in evaluation? That is, to help another team or organization […]
A picture is worth a thousand words: Photovoice
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: We all know the standard data collection tools in an evaluator’s methodology toolkit: surveys, interviews, focus groups, document review, and maybe even observation. But we also know there is a world of other methodologies out there […]
The Art of Writing Evaluation Questions
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: It seems so simple – just ask a question! But many new evaluators or side-of-desk evaluators struggle with confidence in creating good evaluation questions. Here are a few tips to accompany some content we’ve already shared […]
Questions to Get You Thinking about Your Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: Data are only useful when used! They do no good buried in reports, sitting on shelves (or shared drives) hidden away. Data, particularly data from an evaluation, are begging to be discussed, contemplated, and put into […]
Putting an ethics lens on your evaluation planning
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: We’ve written before about Ethical Decision Making in Evaluation, which describes those grey areas in evaluation planning, data collection and analysis, and reporting, and we’ve offered Program Evaluation Standards in Practice as a guiding tool. We’ve […]
Your information will be kept confidential: Confidentiality and Anonymity in Evaluation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This article is rated as: How often have you said the phrase “your information will be kept confidential”? “Confidential” and “anonymous” are words we use quite a bit in the evaluation world. But do you know what they actually mean? Let’s […]