Program Evaluation Resources

Program Evaluation is an important part of grant-funded work. Grantees should evaluate their programs to ensure they are delivering effective services and to track their progress toward the goals included in the application work plan.

 

Grantees may find the following resources helpful in developing their evaluation plans and methods. If there are other publicly-available resources that you find helpful, please feel welcome to share those with Jon Lipp at jon.lipp@state.mn.us.

• Evaluation Flash Cards
  • This document provides a high-level overview of major evaluation concepts, and includes best practices throughout.
• Data Playbook
  • This document also provides some high-level overviews of concepts, but is mostly focused on how to collect, analyze, and present data.
• Logic Models Course
  • These materials focus on developing and using an effective logic model, which can be helpful in evaluating program effectiveness.
• IssueLab
  • This link leads to IssueLab's collection of evaluation examples. These documents can serve as examples for developing evaluation plans or reports.