Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity
Doing Your Evaluation
  Getting Ready     Defining Your Work     Designing     Collecting Data     Analyzing     Sharing Findings     Reflecting  

Tip Sheets

Stage 1 - Getting Ready: Readiness to Evaluate Work on Race, Ethnicity, Power and Privilege

1a.

Is the group developing a common understanding of the ways racism, power, and privilege affect issues on which it is working? (PDF : 29 KB)

1b.

Is the group developing a process to work together that includes people who are affected by the issue, is reflective of different cultures and different perspectives, and has inclusive decision-making and leadership? (PDF : 52 KB)

1c.

Is the group identifying other organizations doing work on this issue? Is the group collaborating with others in the community? (PDF : 43 KB)

1d.

Why do an evaluation? (PDF : 30 KB)

1d.

When should we evaluate our work? (PDF : 29 KB)

 

Stage 2 - Defining Your Work: Thinking about the Work to be Evaluated

2a.
What Is An Outcome and What Is An Outcome Indicator? (PDF : 49 KB)
 
2a.
 What Are Some Examples of Outcomes? (PDF : 31 KB)
 
2b.
 What Is a Theory of Change and What Is a Logic Model? (PDF : 38 KB)
 
2b.
 Why Develop Logic Models of Theories of Change? How Can They Be Useful? (PDF : 19 KB)
 
2b.
 What are "Strategies" and how are They Related to "Activities" or "Programs"? (PDF : 17 KB)
 
2b.
 How Can We Tell if Our Strategies are Powerful Enough for the Changes We Want? (PDF : 19 KB)
 
2b.
 What Special Factors Should a Theory of Change that Addresses Racism Include? (PDF : 29 KB)
 
2c.
 What Things About What We Are Doing - the Implementation of OUr Strategies and Activities - Should We Measure and Assess? (PDF : 32 KB)

 

Stage 3 - Designing: Evaluation Design and Plan

3a.
How Confident Do We Have to be in Our Evaluation Results? What Should We Consider in Terms of Evaluation Resources vs. Rigor? (PDF : 29 KB)
 
3a.
 How Can the Effects or Impacts of Our Strategies Be Measured? (PDF : 37 KB)

 

Stage 4 - Collecting Data: Finding and Collecting Data

4a.
What is the Difference between Tracking Community Outcomes and Evaluating the Outcomes of Change Strategies? (PDF : 29 KB)
 
4a.
 How Will We Know What Information We Should Collect? (PDF : 45 KB)
 
4b.
 How Can We Design Focus Groups to Give Us the Best Information Possible? (PDF : 30 KB)
 
4b.
 How Can We Design Survey Interviews and Questionnaires to Give Us the Best Information Possible? (PDF : 40 KB)
 
4c.
 What are Possible Concerns About Available Information? (PDF : 39 KB)

 

Stage 5 - Analyzing: Examining and Interpreting Evaluation Information

5b.
What are Some Statistical Methods for Assessing the Significance of Differences, Changes, and Trends? (PDF : 59 KB)
 
5b.
 What Are Some Statistical Methods for Indicating Whether an Activity Made an Important Contribution to Change? (PDF : 30 KB)
 
5b.
 What Are Some Non-statistical Methods for Indicating Whether an Activity Made an Important Contribution to Change? (PDF : 29 KB)

 

Stage 6 - Sharing Findings: Sharing Outcome Information and Evaluation Findings

6a.
How Can We Avoid "blaming the victim" When We Present Information on Poor Outcomes for Different Racial, Ethnic, Language or Immigrant Groups in Our Community? (PDF : 30 KB)

 

Stage 7 - Reflecting: Ways the Evaluation Findings Can Improve the Work

7a.
How Can We Create Reasonable Expectations for the Success of the Group's Strategies While Still Being Accountable? (PDF : 48 KB)
 
7a.
 How Can We Use Evaluation Findings to Reflect On and Adjust Our Work? (PDF : 28 KB)
 
7b.
 How Can We Use Evaluation Findings to Reflect on the Composition and Processes of Our Group? (PDF : 39 KB)
 
7c.
 How Can We Make Evaluation and Data Tracking Routine? (PDF : 22 KB)
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