Learning and Growing through Evaluation
Summarize Each Prioritized Activity and Proposed Evaluation
This section provides the rationale for including each
activity in the strategic evaluation plan. Include enough
context and detail so that the selection can be adequately
evaluated with each strategic evaluation plan revision,
but not so much detail that you
or your team becomes too invested in an evaluation that may no
longer be appropriate in several years. This prioritization process will also be useful as the
Evaluation Planning Team begins its work to refine or revise the evaluation questions.
This section corresponds with Module
1, Chapter 2, Step D
In addition to the narrative, you may choose to complete
Table D.5
to present an abbreviated
version of the information. This table may be useful in looking across all the proposed
evaluations.
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What is the purpose of the evaluation and what evaluation questions would it address?
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Why is it a priority?
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What evaluation design would be appropriate for answering these questions?
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What data collection method(s) and data sources would be appropriate?
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What contextual factors should be considered in the evaluation’s design and
implementation? Who are the potential audiences for the evaluation?
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When would the evaluation be conducted?
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How would stakeholders use the information produced by the evaluation?
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What would the evaluation cost, roughly?
Page D-5
Planning Evaluations
