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This report is an orientation guide to some handbooks and basic primers (introductory pieces) on program evaluation. These are not the academic texts; several of those are recommended at the end of this paper. Instead, these primers are directed toward the nonexpert,
explaining some of the central issues in evaluation and why they are important.
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION … 2
2. SELECTED PRIMERS … 4
3. WHO SHOULD USE EACH PRIMER? … 8
4. HOW EASY IS EACH PRIMER TO USE? … 10
5. DOES THE PRIMER PROVIDE A DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW OF EVALUATION? … 12
6. WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND EVALUATIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN EACH
PRIMER? … 14
7. WHO SHOULD PERFORM EVALUATIONS AND WHAT IS A GOOD EVALUATION? … 16
8. WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS AND HOW MIGHT THEY BE ENGAGED? … 18
9. WHICH EVALUATION APPROACH AND METHOD SHOULD BE USED? … 20
10. WHAT ARE INDICATORS AND WHICH ONES SHOULD BE USED? … 22
11. HOW FEASIBLE IS EVALUATION? … 24
12. DOES EVALUATION PROMOTE SOCIAL EQUITY AND CULTURAL SENSITIVITY? … 26
13. WHAT ARE THE USES AND BENEFITS OF EVALUATION? … 28
14. HOW CAN EVALUATION BUILD CAPACITY? … 30
15. OVERALL STRENGTHS OF EACH PRIMER … 32
16. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES … 36
Appendix A: Guiding Principles for Evaluators … 39
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