Engage Stakeholders
This initial task focuses on gathering information about who stakeholders are and how they may be impacted by the project
What is stakeholder identification?
A visual roadmap of a program's inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes
What is a logic model?
Broad, open-ended questions that establish the boundaries for the evaluation by stating what aspects of the program will be addressed
What are evaluation questions?
The persons, documents, or observations that provide information for the evaluation
What are data sources?
This Framework step involves analyzing the evidence, making claims about the program based on analysis and comparing the evidence against stakeholder values
What is justifying conclusions?
The specific persons who are in a position to do or decide something regarding the program
What are primary users?
The changes that result from the program’s activities and outputs, often in a sequence expressed as short-term, intermediate, and long-term
What are outcomes?
A term for articulation of an evaluation’s intent that can help to prevent premature decision-making regarding how the evaluation should be conducted
What is evaluation purpose?
Measurable information used to determine if a program is implementing their program as expected and achieving their outcomes
What are indicators?
Actions to consider as a result of an evaluation
What are recommendations?
Essential to build among stakeholders to drive involvement and success of evaluations
What is trust?
The graphic symbols used to convey the inter-relationship of program activities and outcomes on a logic model
What are arrows?
A type of evaluation design that uses random assignment to compare the effect of a program on one group with an otherwise equivalent group that did not receive the program
What is experimental design?
Data collection procedures should also protect _____
What is confidentiality?
Communicating evaluation procedures or lessons learned to relevant audiences in a timely and consistent manner
What is dissemination?
Approach involving stakeholders, particularly the participants in a program or those affected by a given policy, in specific aspects of the evaluation process
What is participatory approach?
A term for the program's level of maturity (pilot/planning, early implementation, mature program); this should be considered when developing the logic model and focusing the evaluation design
What is a program's stage of development?
A type of evaluation that seeks to answer a variety of questions, such as the fidelity to an original design, quality of implementation, or general operating practices
What is process/implementation evaluation?
Use of multiple sources or methods to confirm the accuracy and reliability of the gathered evidence
What is triangulation?
Refers to the support users need after receiving evaluation results that can help prevent lessons learned from becoming lost or ignored in the process of decision-making
What is follow-up?
Technique that helps identify stakeholders and their level of influence on the project and its evaluation
What is stakeholder mapping/brainstorming?
This term is often used interchangeably with a logic model; it is a diagram or written description of the strategies, actions, conditions and resources that facilitate change and achieve outcomes
What is a theory of change?
A term for when the evaluation aims to determine the direct role of program activities in producing the outcomes of interest
What is causal attribution?
Verification of data from different sources/methods to enhance its reliability and accuracy
What is cross-validation?
Which three evaluation standards most directly apply to Step 6 of the framework?
What is utility, propriety, and accuracy?