Evaluation for WP
Thoughtful evaluation design ensures programs can demonstrate impact, learn from experience and continuously improve. This stage focuses on planning evaluation early, embedding continuous quality improvement, and designing ethical, fit-for-purpose data collection approaches.
This section is for program leads, evaluators, RUSH staff and partners responsible for planning evaluation activities. It is important to consider evaluation before you consider the actual delivery of your project. This section is useful whether you are designing an evaluation from scratch or strengthening evaluation practice in an existing program.
Why evaluate?
Evaluating isn't just about ticking a box for reports. Good evaluation provides an important way for us to better engage with our community and meet their expectations too.
Navigating Stage 5
There are four pages under Stage 5. You can access them via the buttons below, or by hovering over Stage 5 across the top navigation tabs. The pages have been designed to provide progressive resources to take you through the key considerations as you design your evaluation.
Please feel free to skip sections or adapt resources to your context.
Start here to ensure you understand your ethical obligations, and can design an ethically sound evaluation plan.
This section provides detailed templates and guides for embedding CQI into your evaluation of your program.
This section provides key resources to help you develop evaluation tools, with a focus on surveys.
Other resources
The Australian Evaluation Society (AES) exists to improve the theory, practice and use of evaluation for people involved in evaluation including evaluation practitioners, managers, teachers and students.