Toward an Evidence-Based Approach to Building Evaluation Capacity

Organizations are required to evaluate their programs for both learning and accountability purposes, which has increased the need to build their internal evaluation capacity. A remaining challenge is access to tools that lead to valid evidence supporting internal capacity development. The authors sh...

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Published in:Canadian journal of program evaluation 2021-04, Vol.36 (1), p.82-94
Main Authors: El Hassar, Btissam, Poth, Cheryl, Gokiert, Rebecca, Bulut, Okan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Decision making
Evidence
Learning
Needs Assessment
Performance evaluation
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Summary:Organizations are required to evaluate their programs for both learning and accountability purposes, which has increased the need to build their internal evaluation capacity. A remaining challenge is access to tools that lead to valid evidence supporting internal capacity development. The authors share practical insights from the development and use of the Evaluation Capacity Needs Assessment tool and framework and implications for using its data to make concrete decisions within Canadian contexts. The article refers to validity evidence generated from factor analyses and structural equation modelling and describes how applying the framework can be used to identify individual and organizational evaluation capacity strengths and gaps, concluding with practice considerations and future directions for this work.
ISSN:0834-1516
1496-7308
DOI:10.3138/cjpe.69191