Golden LEAF Essential Skills Evaluation Capacity Assessment Evaluation capacity refers to the collective and ongoing policies, strategies, resources, and other actions to increase organizational power to implement project evaluation. Building evaluation capacity refers to and skills and the enhancing an individual’s knowledge organizational practices that support internal evaluation efforts. In the first column, please rate your perceived degree of knowledge and skills aligned with each evaluation activity listed below (shade in the appropriate circle). In the second column, please indicate how often you engage in each activity listed below when conducting/implementing project (circle your response). evaluation Evaluation Capacity Areas The frequency at which I engage in this My degree of knowledge and skills is . . . activity is . . . Develop a logic model for evaluation Low Never Rarely Sometimes Often – – – – planning Design an evaluation plan Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always – – – –  Develop strategic evaluation questions Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always – – – – Design data collection instruments (e.g., Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always – – – – surveys and interview protocols) Collect different types data (e.g., Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always – – – – qualitative and quantitative data) Analyze different types of data Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always – – – – Interpret evaluation results Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always – – – – Communicate evaluation findings Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always – – – – Please see reverse side
Golden LEAF Essential Skills Evaluation Capacity Assessment Evaluation capacity refers to the collective and ongoing policies, strategies, resources, and other actions to increase organizational power to implement project evaluation. Building evaluation capacity refers to enhancing an individual’s knowledge and skills and the organizational practices that support internal evaluation efforts. In the first column, please rate your perceived degree of knowledge and skills aligned with each evaluation activity listed below (shade in the appropriate circle). In the second column, please indicate how often you engage in each activity listed below when conducting/implementing project evaluation (circle your response). Evaluation Capacity Areas My degree of knowledge and skills is . . . The frequency at which I engage in this activity is . . . Develop a logic model for evaluation planning Low Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Design an evaluation plan Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Always Develop strategic evaluation questions Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Always Design data collection instruments (e.g., surveys and interview protocols) Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Always Collect different types data (e.g., qualitative and quantitative data) Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Always Analyze different types of data Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Always Interpret evaluation results Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Always Communicate evaluation findings Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Often – Always Please see reverse side 