Impact Measurement: The Tools Survey What is impact? Why measure your impact? Why do your research? Strengthening your impact measurement. Prioritising your impact measurement. Choosing and designing your impact measurement tools. What do you want to measure? What measurement tools do you know of? Social capital Employability Case study
Impact Measurement: The Tools Assistant Head of Maths Teaching Leaders ‘08 Assistant Principal - Assessment Head of Maths Assessment Consultant Senior Officer – Data & Impact 2013 Sarah London Academy, Edgware Evelyn Grace Academy, Brixton (Ark Schools) St Thomas the Apostle College, Peckham Teach First Innovation Unit
Impact : What would have happened if you were not there? What is impact? Outputs Outcomes Impact 20 day long sessions run. 100 pupils engaged 100 pupils certified first aiders Lives saved!
Impact Measurement: The Tools Playpumps aimed to build 4,000 by 2010 to bring the "benefit of clean drinking water to up to 10 million people". The concept is simple: a merry-go-round is connected to a bore-hole. As children play, the spinning motion pumps underground water into a raised tank. Children would need to "play" non-stop for 27 hours a day. Why measure your impact?
Why do your research? A wind turbine that cost the Welsh government £48,000 to buy has been generating an average of just £5 worth of electricity per month. The turbine was put its Aberystwyth office, rated excellent for sustainability, in Before it was installed, the turbine makers warned Welsh government contractors it would not be exposed to enough wind where it was positioned.
Impact Measurement Strength Pre and post programme surveys Longitudinal study Random Controlled Trial (RCT) Quasi-experimental comparison cohort
Impact Measurement Priorities “If your programme doesn’t directly do it, don’t measure it” Sarah McMorrine 2013 Outputs Outcomes Impact 20 day long sessions run. 100 pupils engaged 100 pupils certified first aiders Lives saved!
Impact Measurement Tools What do you want to measure? …and what is the best way to measure it? Survey Job offers Case study Employability