Guiding Principles for the Evaluation Design

• Emphasizes the positive
  • Measures achievement
  • Tracks positive change in behavior and attitude
  • Participatory, considers contextual factors, acknowledges critiques, and provides rationale
• Measures change incrementally
  • Breaks complex concepts down to small steps
  • Emphasizes observable activity
• Identifies relevant objectives and outcomes
  • Measures progress toward those objectives and outcomes
  • Creates and use relevant information/data
• Analyzes, evaluates and improves
  • Employs a mixed-methods design
  • Grounded in and builds on the literature and documented evidence of best practices
  • Uses data to guide program development

For more information About Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation (PME) Services

Linda Blanton
Planning, Development & Communications Director
867-9700 ext 2230
lblanton@ccpfc.org