Evaluation

International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) is an independent association of evaluation professionals, those interested in evaluation, and those who seek to bring credible information and knowledge to the development agenda.

IOCOM facilitates collaboration between professionals in outcome management and development, monitoring and evaluation associations, societies and networks to strengthen the discipline in the world.

The International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) is an international partnership of national and regional evaluation associations that provides leadership in evaluation worldwide by encouraging demand for evaluation, and supporting organizational capacity for evaluation associations.

UKES - the UK Evaluation Society - exists to promote and improve the theory, practice, understanding and utilisation of evaluation and its contribution to public knowledge and to promote cross-sector and cross-disciplinary dialogue and debate.

The documents on this page consider both the particular challenges in Indigenous policy evaluation and the actions needed to ensure that evidence gained from evaluations can be embedded in policy-making and program implementation.

A publication by the ACT Government which supports the actions necessary to deliver enhanced evaluation and to support agencies in planning for and executing evaluations.

This toolkit supports the NSW Evaluation Community of Practice and seeks to help government agencies implement the Evaluation Framework, by taking you through seven steps for planning and implementing a program evaluation project.

This evaluation guide published under the Government of Western Australia, was designed to provide consistency across evaluations, improve cost effectiveness of programs, promote accountability, and to provide a platform for continuous learning.

The Queensland Government Program Evaluation Guidelines outline a set of broad principles to underpin the planning and implementation of evaluations for programs funded by the Queensland Government.

An international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing and generating information about options (methods or processes) and approaches.

The diversity of projects and programs that the World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) employs to support public and private sector development requires that IEG use a variety of evaluation approaches. These approaches include assessing outcomes against stated objectives, benchmarks, standards, and expectations, or assessing what might have happened in the absence of the project, program, or policy.

The United Nations Evaluation Group, is a professional network of units responsible for evaluation in the United Nations system, provides monitoring and evaluation policy and guidance, training tools, and a database of over 3000 member agency evaluations.

This page provides resources on evaluation and social research, including surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews and other methods.

This innovative evaluation website offers interactive tools and vetted resources designed to build the evaluation capacity of program providers, practitioners, and evaluators, especially those working with at-risk youth and families. The website supports four primary areas of high quality evaluation which can be accessed from any page on the site. These areas include: LEARN, BUILD, EVALUATE, and REPORT.

Federal Evaluators is an informal association of evaluation officials in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. The group was organized to share information and concerns about evaluation methodology, policy, and practice at the federal level.

The Evaluation Exchange is a periodical that contains new lessons and emerging strategies for evaluating programs and policies, particularly those focused on children, families, and communities.

My M&E is an interactive platform to share knowledge on country-led monitoring and evaluation systems worldwide. Founded by IOCE, UNICEF and DevInfo, it is managed by a consortium of international organizations. Webinars and other evaluation training materials are free and open to interested people.

As with the original edition of The Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation, this updated edition explains what program evaluation is, why evaluation is important, how to conduct an evaluation and understand the results, how to report evaluation findings, and how to use evaluation results to improve programs that benefit children and families.

Program Evaluation, at Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension and Outreach, provides information on: how to design and implement a useful program evaluation to improve a program, comparing delivery methods, responding to stakeholders, advocating and preparing for promotion.