Developing Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks

Provides clear, step-by-step guidance on how to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework in a participatory, logical, systematic, and integrated way "The text provides an excellent resource for developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for a wide range of organizations and programs. Students and practitioners are provided with a great resource that can help organizations better society, and maximize evaluation efficiency by integrating monitoring with evaluation."

This book does a brilliant job of integrating program monitoring concepts into the broader field of evaluation.  It fills a glaring gap in the evaluation literature, and I highly recommend it for practicing evaluators, evaluation scholars, and evaluation faculty and students.

At last--a step-by-step guide to realizing the potential of monitoring and evaluation by building them in from the beginning. This book provides a systematic and well-tested approach to planning and successfully implementing an integrated monitoring and evaluation framework. This practical book provides clear, step-by-step guidance on how to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework in a participatory, logical, systematic, and integrated way. The authors outline the key stages and steps involved, including: scoping the framework; identifying planned results; using program theory and program logic; developing evaluation questions; identifying processes for ongoing data collection and analysis; determining means to promote learning; reporting; and dissemination of results. A final chapter focuses on planning for implementation of the framework, with reference to the broader program and organizational context. The authors draw on their extensive experience in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to provide examples of good practice that inform organizational learning and decision making, while offering tips and guidelines that can be used to address common pitfalls.

• | Author: Anne Markiewicz, Ian Patrick
• | Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
• | Publication Date: Sep 03, 2015
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781483358338
• | ISBN-10: 148335833X