Program
Evaluation & Outcome Tools
The
Center for What Works
Helps
nonprofits systematically identify and replicate
best practices. Links to promising practices,
a benchmarking exchange and similar organizations.
InnoNet's Workstation
Online
tool, uses interactive worksheets to take you
step-by-step through the program evaluation
process.
The
Learning Institute: Nonprofit Organizational
Assessment Tool
Provides
instruments to guide discussion and planning
by a nonprofit organization.
Management
Center Nonprofit Assessment Tool
8-part,
80-item online questionnaire by which organizations
measure their capacity and performance. Provides
an objective way to answer the questions on
efficiency, effectiveness and success.
Nonprofit
Pathfinder
Measuring
Impact section gives great reference materials.
Outcome
Measurement Resource Network
Provides
United Way of America's and other organizations'
outcome measurement resources and learnings.
Program
Evaluation & Outcome Research
Aspen
Institute
Roundtable
on Comprehensive Community Initiatives.
Center
for Excellence in Nonprofits
Grantmakers
Evaluation Network
Harvard
Family Research Project: The Evaluation
Exchange
Quarterly
newsletter that discusses how nonprofits can
best measure whether their programs have made
a difference.
Basic
Guide to Program Evaluation
Describes
evaluation techniques and explains how non-profit
organizations can use them to assess their programs.
The
Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation (US
Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Discusses why evaluation
is important, explains how to conduct a program evaluation, and
offers advice on how to hire an outside evaluator.
United
Way of America
Resource
Network on Outcome Measurement, offers links
and resources related to outcome measurement.
W.K.
Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
On-line
publication discusses why evaluation is important
and how non-profit organizations can use evaluation
to improve their programs, as well as to measure
the programs' effects.
General
(not just nonprofits)
American
Evaluation Association
Click
on their Lists & Links section for a good
overview of other evaluation sites by topic
and industry.
Educational
Resources Information Center
Offers
a clearinghouse on assessment and evaluation.
|
