Types of evaluation

Types of evaluation

1. Formative evaluation.

   • It generates data on the need for the program and develops the baseline for subsequent monitoring. It also identifies areas of improvement and can give insights on what the program’s priorities should be.

2. Process Evaluation

   • Process evaluation occurs once program implementation has begun, and it measures how effective your program’s procedures are.

3. Outcome Evaluation

   • The degree to which the program is having an effect on the target population’s behaviors

4. Economic Evaluation

   • Provides program managers and funders a way to assess cost relative to effects. “How much bang for your buck.

5. Impact Evaluation

   • the entire program from beginning to end, and looks to quantify whether or not it has been successful

6. Summative Evaluation

   • is conducted after the program’s completion or at the end of a program cycle. It generates data about how well the project delivered benefits to the target population.

7. Goals-Based Evaluation

   • goals-based evaluation measures progress towards these targets. The evaluation is useful in presenting reports to program administrators and backers, as it provides them the information that was agreed upon at the start of the program.

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