Action research International   http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html    see the FAQ page about action research   http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/arfaq.html     Also see Action Research International, an on line journal  http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/ari/arihome.html
 

Checklists

Evaluation Checklists   http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/checklists/   This site provides refereed checklists for designing, budgeting, contracting, staffing, managing, and assessing evaluations of programs, personnel, students, and other evaluands; collecting, analyzing, and reporting evaluation information; and determining merit, worth, and significance


Michael Scriven has some checklists   http://michaelscriven.info/papersandpublications.html   about meta evaluation and key evaluation

   

Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation

Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation   http://homepage.mac.com/profdavidf/empowermentevaluation.htm   This is the home of the AEA tig for this topic.
 

Empowerment Evaluation and the Internet: A Synergistic Relationship  http://cie.asu.edu/volume1/number4/index.html   an article about empowerment evaluation, by David M. Fetterman
 

Guide to Project Evaluation: A Participatory Approach   http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/resources-ressources/guide/index-eng.php   This includes a brief description of what is participatory evaluation.
 

Systems thinking and program evaluation   http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/2005/06/systems-thinking-and-program.html   a portal to more info.

IFADs new approach to evaluation   http://www.ifad.org/evaluation/oe/approach/1_0.htm   This includes 1. A strong service and partnership orientation,  2.Evaluation work is working together,  3.Moving evaluation to a higher plane and  4.Evaluation work needs to be evaluated.  Also,  evaluation work is inseparable from learning, and its resolve to learn with its partners and develop together with them the recommendations and lessons learned to help improve the performance of IFAD’s operations.
 

Realistic Evaluation: An Overview, Nick Tilley.   http://www.evidence-basedmanagement.com/research_practice/   This paper was presented at the 2000 Founding Conference of the Danish Evaluation Society. Tilley spells "out what I think evaluation can usefully contribute to social policy development."  Tilley writes: "Whereas the question which was asked in traditional experimentation was, 'Does this work?' or 'What works?', the question asked by us in realistic evaluation is 'What works for whom in what circumstances?'"   

How research and evaluation evidence contributes to policy making  http://www.nationalschool.gov.uk/policyhub/evaluating_policy/how_res_eval_evid.asp   shows the many factors, including evaluation, that contribute to policy making. Also shows that values (ie politics) contribute to evaluation.

Real world evaluation   http://www.realworldevaluation.org/   "It is not uncommon for evaluators to be asked to perform an evaluation of a project that is well underway or almost finished, yet when they ask questions about comparable baseline data and control groups their clients respond with blank stares. Too typically time and resources are few, yet clients expect “rigorous impact evaluation.” And there are also political pressures to deal with. The RealWorld Evaluation approach was developed specifically to address the need for practical strategies on how to ensure the highest level of methodological rigor consistent with the circumstances under which the evaluation has to be conducted."   The book is by Michael Bamberger, Jim Rugh and Linda Mabry.

Logic Models

Just to start, a logic model is a formal method to organize what you know about your program (goals, activities, methods, expected outcomes, etc) so you can clearly specify what you want to evaluate.

State Program Evaluation Guides: Developing and Using a Logic Model   http://www.cdc.gov/DHDSP/programs/nhdsp_program/evaluation_guides/logic_model.htm   another overview

Logic models   http://www.evaluationwiki.org/index.php/Logic_Model   Overview of what they are.

Logic model   http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodel.html   oveview from UW Cooperative Extension

Logic model development guide  http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/publications-and-resources.aspx    

Good outcomes model guidelines   http://www.easyoutcomes.org/guidelines/outcomesguidelines.html   and here   http://www.outcomesmodels.org/guidelines.html   similar to logic model, but different name

Logic model presentation   http://www.usablellc.net/html/links_we_like.html#logic_models   slide show and talk about what are logic models.

Politics of evaluation

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