Developing an evaluation framework

These tools and resources will be useful when you are thinking about developing an evaluation or outcomes framework.

Theory of Change

A popular tool that helps you to define your path from needs to activities to outcomes to impact, how to describe the change you want to make and the steps involved in making that change happen.
Outcome measures - meeting the evidence requirements

Outcomes are explained in a fact sheet from Arts and Health South West (AHSW): what they are and how to measure them.
Taking an Outcomes Approach (2014)

This is a guide through Youth Music’s five stages of developing an outcomes framework.
Logic modeling web resource

Logic modelling is a framework to enhance program planning, implementation, and dissemination activities. This web resource contains the Logic Model Development Guide and an evaluation handbook.
Realistic Evaluation

Realistic evaluation is a form of program evaluation that asks “What works, for whom, in what respects, to what extent, in what contexts, and how?” Find out more by with reading this free chapter from Pawson and Tilly (1997).
Evaluating Complex Healthcare

A useful guide from the Medical Research Council (MRC).