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Focus Areas

Key principles relate to evaluation activities at the individual, interpersonal and system levels. If your program or evaluation is focused on a specific level, this can be used to identify which activities or principles to prioritize.

Philosophies and Approaches with this primary focus are highlighted in the circle below.

Emphasizes diversity, inclusion and cultural competence

Primary area: Evaluation activities related to diversity, inclusion and cultural competence

Create a diverse, culturally competent, and inclusive evaluation team

Engage those most impacted in determining evaluation questions

Engage those most impacted in the evaluation design

Engage those most impacted in data collection

Engage those most impacted in data analysis and inclusive interpretation

Engage those most impacted in sharing/communicating evaluation results

© 2022 SLP4i and The Colorado Trust, authored by Katrina Bledsoe, Felisa Gonzales, and Blanca Guillen-Woods. This work is protected by copyright laws. No permission is required for its non-commercial use, provided that the authors are credited and cited.

For full citation use: Bledsoe, K., Gonzales, F., & Guillen-Woods, B*. (2022). The Eval Matrix. Strategic Learning Partners for Innovation https://slp4i.com/the-eval-matrix.
*These authors contributed equally to this work with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and The Colorado Trust.

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