TEIP Program Evaluation Tool

The TEIP Program Evaluation Tool provides user-friendly guidelines for local program evaluation. The Tool is designed to help practitioners develop realistic evaluation plans that include both process and outcome measures.

This Tool does not pretend to cover all aspects of program evaluation - a field of study requiring many years to master.  Rather, it focuses on the more practical and pragmatic aspects of program evaluation.

The TEIP Program Evaluation Tool uses the analogy of building a house to illustrate 5 stages in planning and implementing a program evaluation: (1) Lay the Ground Work, (2) Lay the Foundation, (3) Build the Frame, (4) Complete the Interior and (5) Hold Open House.  

Guiding Principles Informing Tool Development: 

• Program evaluation is strengthened by participatory evaluation processes which:
  • Involve stakeholders throughout the evaluation process
  • Increase usefulness of evaluation results
  • Increase organizational evaluation capacity
• Evaluation plans must fit local evaluation capacity and resources.
• One must be selective and strategic in deciding what to evaluate. Identification of priority evaluation questions to demonstrate program impact and inform program decision-making is key.
• Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted - Albert Einstein.

Overview

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Overview of the Program Evaluation Tool and the associated steps and worksheets.

The following resources explain how to use the TEIP Program Evaluation Tool:

• Learning Module 3: Planning for Successful Evaluation
• About the TEIP Program Evaluation Tool

Program Evaluation Tool - Complete Package

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Download the entire Program Evaluation Tool including Evaluation 101 and Tips & Resources Sections as a single document. To download the Program Evaluation Tool, Evaluation 101 and/or Tips & Resources Sections separately click on the icons below.

Worksheets

Download the separate worksheets in WORD format by clicking on the corresponding step in the figure below (there is no worksheet for step 7). Please note: The TEIP Program Evaluation Tool provides guidelines for completing each of the worksheets.

• Evaluation 101 - Worksheets

Download the seperate worksheets from the Evaluation 101 section Evaluation Specialist Skills & Experiences Suggested Work Plan for Evaluation Team Meetings