Interested in learning more about evaluation? The information below can support your efforts.

• Evaluation Handbook presentation (PowerPoint)
  The Handbook assists in developing an evaluation plan that supports realistic objectives, focused evaluation questions and valid outcomes. 

• Focusing the Evaluation
  This summary highlights key questions and issues to address when preparing for an evaluation.

  Issues to be considered	Questions to think about
  Purpose of the evaluation	What questions need to be addressed? Who is the audience?
  Use and application of the evaluation	What will be done with the results? Program improvement, implementation strategies, replication, dissemination, policy recommendations
  Stakeholders	Who are the various interested parties in the evaluation? Constituents and clients, staff, community members, board members, funders
  Resources available	What resources are available for the evaluation? Staff with appropriate experience and time, money, technology
  Context	In what contexts will the evaluation be conducted? Cultural, language, economic, geographic
  Framing the evaluation question	What does the project hope to accomplish? What is measurable? What is doable?

• Links and Publications

  The Community Tool Box
  http://ctb.ku.edu (new window)
  The site provides resources related to skill development and planning for evaluation, in addition to other information and topics.

  Innovation Network
  http://www.innonet.org (new window)
  The site helps you create an evaluation plan step by step and provides free feedback.

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  The Administration for Children and Families
  The Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/other_resrch/pm_guide_eval/index.html (new window)
  The Guide explains program evaluation - what it is, how to understand it, and how to do it.

  The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
  http://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/evaluatn.htm (new window)
  Through the Free Management Library, the site provides capacity building resources to nonprofit organizations about evaluation and topics.

  Bond, S.L., Boyd, S.E., Rapp, K.A. (1997). Taking Stock. A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs. Chapell Hill, NC: Horizon Research, Inc.
  http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/START.HTM (new window)

  Taylor-Powell, E., Steele, S., Douglah, M. (1996). Planning a Program Evaluation. University of Wisconsin-Extension.
  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/ (new window)

  W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (1998). W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook.
  http://www.wkkf.org (new window)