Evaluation Approaches
and their Focus Areas

  Individual         Interpersonal         Structural
Approaches Primary focus Secondary focus Tertiary focus
Culturally Competent Evaluation

Leading with self-reflection and cultural competence

 
Culturally Responsive Evaluation
Centering culture in evaluations by including community members and evaluators with direct lived experience
Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation
Aiming for equity through culturally responsive approaches
Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation
Striving for sovereignty and self-determination
Empowerment Evaluation
Empowering communities with tools used for self-determination
Equity-focused and Equitable Evaluation
Conceptualizing, conducting, and using evaluation in service of equity
Transformative Evaluation
Fighting for human rights and social justice using mixed methods

Evaluation Approaches
and their Focus Areas

 

Individual      Interpersonal      Structural
Approaches Primary focus Secondary focus Tertiary focus
Culturally Competent Evaluation

Leading with self-reflection and cultural competence

Culturally Responsive Evaluation
Centering culture in evaluations by including community members and evaluators with direct lived experience
Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation
Aiming for equity through culturally responsive approaches
Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation
Striving for sovereignty and self-determination
Empowerment Evaluation
Empowering communities with tools used for self-determination
Equity-focused and Equitable Evaluation
Conceptualizing, conducting, and using evaluation in service of equity
Transformative Evaluation
Fighting for human rights and social justice using mixed methods