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Reports Checklist

This document provides a checklist for ensuring effective evaluation reports. It lists 19 items that should be addressed in evaluation reports, such as providing interim and final reports in a timely manner, tailoring the report for the intended audience, including an executive summary and description of the program being evaluated, explaining the evaluation focus and limitations, substantiating evaluative judgments with evidence, discussing recommendations with their implications, ensuring protections for stakeholders, and organizing the report logically and removing technical jargon. The checklist aims to help produce evaluation reports that present all necessary information to stakeholders in a clear, accurate and unbiased manner.

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Reports Checklist

This document provides a checklist for ensuring effective evaluation reports. It lists 19 items that should be addressed in evaluation reports, such as providing interim and final reports in a timely manner, tailoring the report for the intended audience, including an executive summary and description of the program being evaluated, explaining the evaluation focus and limitations, substantiating evaluative judgments with evidence, discussing recommendations with their implications, ensuring protections for stakeholders, and organizing the report logically and removing technical jargon. The checklist aims to help produce evaluation reports that present all necessary information to stakeholders in a clear, accurate and unbiased manner.

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Checklist for ensuring effective evaluation reports

Provide interim and final reports to intended users in time for use.
Tailor the report content, format, and style for the audience(s) by involving audience members.
Include an executive summary.
Summarize the description of the stakeholders and how they were engaged.
Describe essential features of the program (e.g., in appendices).
Explain the focus of the evaluation and its limitations.
Include an adequate summary of the evaluation plan and procedures.
Provide all necessary technical information (e.g., in appendices).
Specify the standards and criteria for evaluative judgments.
Explain the evaluative judgments and how they are supported by the evidence.
List both strengths and weaknesses of the evaluation.
Discuss recommendations for action with their advantages, disadvantages, and resource
implications.
Ensure protections for program clients and other stakeholders.
Anticipate how people or organizations might be affected by the findings.
Present minority opinions or rejoinders where necessary.
Verify that the report is accurate and unbiased.
Organize the report logically and include appropriate details.
Remove technical jargon.
Use examples, illustrations, graphics, and stories.

Adapted from Worthen BR, Sanders JR, Fitzpatrick JL. Program evaluation: alternative approaches and
practical guidelines. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Addison, Wesley Logman, Inc. 1997.

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