 Now we are ready to write our evaluation report.  Basically we are going to fill our content to the checklist boxes we learned in lec2. S519

I. Executive Summary II. Preface III. Methodology 1. Background & Context 2. Descriptions & Definitions 3. Consumers 4. Resources 5. Values 6. Process Evaluation 7. Outcome Evaluation 8 & 9. Comparative Cost-Effectiveness 10. Exportability 11. Overall Significance 12. Recommendations & Explanations 13. Responsibilities 14. Reporting & Follow-up 15. Meta-evaluation S519

 To orient readers to the basics of :  what the evaluation is and  why the evaluation was done  What the main approach was S519

 Shows a short overview (1-2 pages) of what was evaluated and what the main findings were.  You can consider to include the followings:  Very short description of the program  The overall conclusion about the quality or value of the evaluation  The graphical profile of the evaluand‘s performance (see Exhibit7.6)  Several (<7) bullet points about the most important strengths and weaknesses. S519

 Address the following questions:  Who asked for the evaluation and why?  What are the main evaluation questions?  Is this a formative or summative evaluation?  Who are the main audiences for this evaluation report?  Mainly based on your work in Ch2  Please always provide justifications for your conclusions S519

 The main methodologies used in the evaluation  How you set up your experiments  How you collect data  How you analyze your data?  How you draw conclusion  And each with why. S519

 To represent all the initial ingredients  Background  Context  What it is  Whom it serves  The nature and limitation of any resources  Where the values come from S519

 Incude just enough information for readers to be able to understand the basic retionale for the program  Contents are:  Why did this program or product come into existence in the first place (needs assessment)  How is the evaluation supposed to address the needs and problems?  What are the main context of evaluands (e.g. Physical, economic, political) to facilitate or constrain the evaluation? S519

 Describe your evaluand in enough details  Definition of important terms S519

 Identify the actual and potential recipients or users of the evaluand  Describe consumers in geographic locatoin, demographics  Downstream impactees S519

 Describe the available and important resources (which helps to understand the conclusion of the evaluation)  Funds/budget  Physical space  Experience  networks S519

 To convey to the audience how the evaluation team determinded what should be considered as „valuable“ or „high quality“ for the evaluand.  Justify the validity S519

 Getting evaluation explicitly S519

 The issues of evaluation, content and implementation (see Ch4)  Ethics, the priniciple of equity and fairness  Consistency with professional and scientific standards  Efficiency (i.e, minimal wasted effort or resource)  Needs of consumers (e.g., timeliness, learning style, current knowledge)  Needs of staff (e.g., performance on tasks and activities) S519

 The outcomes are what happened to the consumers as a result of coming into contact with the evaluand  Intended and unintended  Short-term and long-term effects  A good way to do  List the main outcome dimensions with a brief explanation of how the list was generated.  Rate each dimension on importance  Explain the used methods (ch7)  Rate the each outcome dimension (ch8)  Provide the justification (evidence, logic, methods) for your rate S519

 It is important to know whether the evaluand is cost-effective  See D-p62-63 S519

 Whether your evaluation could also have value outside its current context.  It is always worth considering the possibility S519

 Combining Checkpoints6-10 to draw an overall conclusion S519

 Using synthesis methodology to draw a summary covering Checkpoints 6-10  Graphical representation (e.g., Exhibit7.6)  Summary of strengths and weaknesses S519

 Recommendations for furture improvement S519

 Who is repsonsible for good or bad results  You have to be highly skilled S519

 Who get the copies of the evaluation reports and in what forms  What are follow-ups to ensure that the findings are used S519

 Self review of the evaluation itself  The validity of their conclusions  Utility to relevant stakesholders  The methodology used for evaluations  Credibility  Cost  Lessoned learned during this evaluation. S519

 Go back to your evaluation group  Discuss all these checkpoints and how are you going to put all your result together S519