Community Action Resources for Inuit, Métis and First Nations: Evaluating

1998

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION TO EVALUATING
   • Evaluation is a natural process
   • A step-by-step model
   • Programs and puzzles
   • Training goals
   • Training objectives
   • Approach
2. WHAT IS EVALUATION?
   • Definition
   • Two types of evaluation
     1. Outcome evaluation
     2. Process evaluation
   • Evaluation in the life of a program
3. WHY EVALUATE?
   • Reasons why we avoid program evaluation
   • By not evaluating, you may be missing out
   • Reasons why we should evaluate
4. HOW TO EVALUATE?
   • Evaluation can be easy to do, yet systematic
   • Common sense rules
   • A five-step model
     1. Setting the context of the evaluation
     2. Preparing an evaluation plan
     3. Gathering the information
     4. Making sense of the information
     5. Using the results
   • An effective evaluation
5. HUMAN ASPECTS OF EVALUATION
   • People’s feelings
   • Resistance
   • Confidentiality
   • The ideal evaluator