Goldilocks Toolkit: Impact Measurement with the CART Principles
Presents four principles for determining appropriate methods to measure impact: credible, actionable, responsible, and transportable (CART).
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Presents four principles for determining appropriate methods to measure impact: credible, actionable, responsible, and transportable (CART).
Maps questions about what programmes seek to know against possible evaluation types; see guidance on how to use the tool here.
Presents 10 reasons why impact evaluation might not be an appropriate approach according to four categories: not the right tool, not now, not feasible, and not worth it.
Provides guidance on how organisations can assess their resources, capacities, and needs related to evidence-building and evaluation.
Contains a table that can help you to select the right type of evaluation based on when it needs to be implemented in the programming cycle, what it needs to show, and why it is useful.
Describes different types of evaluations and when they should be carried out, and contains links to further guidance on types of evaluations, including impact and process evaluations.
See full report here.
While focused on sexual health programming, this site has practical, short guidance on the entire cycle of evaluation, from identifying programme objectives to developing evaluation questions to selecting data collection methods and indicators to sharing and using results.