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Evaluability Assessment: A Step Model

Meserve, A. & Mensah. G. (2018). Focus on: Evaluability assessment–a step model. Retrieved from Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario) website: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/focus-on-evaluability-assessment.pdf?la=en
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Description

This assessment helps program evaluators determine if a program is ready for an outcome evaluation. In order for a program to be ready for an outcome evaluation, it must meet four criteria:

  1. The program is clearly defined with a shared understanding of the audience, activities, objectives and goals.
  2. The outcome of the evaluation is clearly defined.
  3. The data needed to evaluate the outcome are easily accessible.
  4. The evaluations results will be used by the intended users.

Steps for Using Method/Tool

The model guides users through the seven steps of conducting an evaluability assessment:

  1. Plan for the evaluability assessment.
  2. Develop and clarify the program model.
  3. Confirm the program model.
  4. Determine if the program model is realistic.
  5. Assess evaluability.
  6. Summarize and communicate options for the program.
  7. Apply the evaluability assessment findings.

These summaries are written by the NCCMT to condense and to provide an overview of the resources listed in the Registry of Methods and Tools and to give suggestions for their use in a public health context. For more information on individual methods and tools included in the review, please consult the authors/developers of the original resources.

We have provided the resources and links as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by McMaster University of any of the products, services or opinions of the external organizations, nor have the external organizations endorsed their resources and links as provided by McMaster University. McMaster University bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external sites.

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