CONTENTS

Table of Contents
Introduction

1. Introduction to Evaluation
2. What Does an Evaluation Project Look Like
3. Understanding Types of Evaluation Projects
4. Preparing for Your Evaluation

Supplements
Resources

Evaluation for the Unevaluated:
Program Evaluation 101

Planning the Evaluation

Before meeting for the first time with an outside evaluator, it's a good idea to have something to bring to the table. It's much easier than starting from scratch. Using information from the program planning process can help in the evaluation.

Jack and his staff did some preliminary work in four areas before meeting with the evaluator:

1. Clarifying the program's mission statement, goals, and objectives
2. Choosing an evaluation design
3. Drafting evaluation questions
4. Outlining a data management plan, data collection plan, data analysis plan, and report