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Goals of the Workshop BUILD A COMMUNITY INTERESTED IN EVALUATION DEVELOP APPROACHES TO EVALUATION THAT COMBINE ACCOUNTABILI TY AND LEARNING USE EVALUATIONS TO LEAD TO BETTER PROGRAMMING AND POLICY MAKING BUILD EVALUATION CAPACITY IN ONTARIO

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Goals of the Workshop

BUILD A COMMUNITY

INTERESTED IN EVALUATION

DEVELOP APPROACHES TO

EVALUATION THAT COMBINE

ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING

USE EVALUATIONS TO LEAD TO BETTER PROGRAMMING

AND POLICY MAKING

BUILD EVALUATION CAPACITY IN

ONTARIO

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The Workshop Series

Questions

Models of Accountability and Learning

Evaluation Design,

Methods and Approaches

Scaling Up, Spread and

Sustainability

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The Five Questions

CHALLENGESWhat are the challenges

in evaluating policy interventions and

community initiatives?

THE LEARNING FRAMEWORK

What kinds of questions does an evaluation

answer? How does one develop a learning

framework for evaluation?

SPREAD AND SUSTAINABILITY

What gets “spread” at the end of the

evaluation? How does an evaluation help you

scale up?

PROGRAM THEORYHow does one develop a theory of a community initiative? Of a policy

intervention?

PROGRAM IMPACTS AND LEARNING

How do know if your intervention is working? How do you update your

theory of the intervention?