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A Toolkit
for Evaluating Public R&D Investment PART I: EVALUATION FRAMEWORKDeveloping a solid evaluation program starts with a logical framework. The framework links the evaluation activities to the program it serves. This logical framework guides the construction over time of a useful portfolio of evaluation studies informative to stakeholders. The purpose of Part I of the report is to discuss and illustrate the elements of an evaluation framework. It will serve to anchor the remainder of the report. Part I is presented in three chapters. Chapter 1 presents a general framework showing how evaluation relates to a program, its mission, and its intended results. It also provides an overview of selected evaluation principles and best practices. Chapter 2 reviews methods of evaluation and explains their special uses, advantages, and disadvantages. Chapter 3 moves from the general to the specific, presenting a logical framework, or logic model, of ATP’s evaluation program. For the general reader, the ATP framework illustrates how an effective evaluation program is developed in tandem with the program it serves. For the ATP staff, the program’s evaluation framework provides a context for reviewing past studies it has commissioned, and for planning future studies. Return to Table of Contents or go to Chapter 1: Evaluation Fundamentals. Date created: July 13,
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