Planning, Conducting and Using Evaluations
This area of the website takes you through a step-by-step process for planning, conducting, and using the four types of evaluations described on this website. In general, for each type of evaluation, this how-to section will help you to:
- Clarify your evaluation questions
- Consider appropriate methods for conducting an evaluation
- Ensure that appropriate quality assurance procedures are established
- Communicate needs and expectations to an evaluation contractor
- Monitor the process to ensure that a defensible and useful evaluation is produced.
Remember, evaluations help managers like you determine if timely adjustments are needed in program design or implementation to improve the rate, or quality, of achievement relative to the committed resources and to determine impacts. To access this information, begin by selecting the type of evaluation activity in which you are interested.
- Planning, Conducting and Using Peer Reviews
- Planning, Conducting and Using General Program Evaluations
- Planning, Conducting and Using Performance Measurements