5 Principles for good evaluation
Use our 5 principles for good evaluation to help you judge if you are happy with your evaluation!
5 Principles for good evaluation – Self-assessment
Is your evaluation good enough?
Use the 5 principles self-assessment template to judge if you’re happy with your evaluation.
5 Principles for good evaluation – Top-tips (Is your evaluation good enough?)
Our 5 principles for good evaluation can help you judge if you are happy with your evaluation. This resource provides some top tips on how to do this, as well as links to relevant free ESS resources.
Case Study: Age Scotland
This case study is about how a series of support sessions with ESS helped Age Scotland set organisational outcomes and create a new evaluation toolkit for the whole organisation.
Case Study: Edinburgh School Uniform Bank (ESUB)
ESS worked with ESUB to help review their evaluation methods. This case study is an example of ESS’s evaluation principles – good evaluation should be about what matters, and fits the way you work.
Case Study: Pain Concern Helpline
This case study is about the steps Pain Concern took in order to capture the difference their telephone helpline makes for people living in chronic pain.
Case Study: ParentSpace
Case study about how evaluation support from ESS helped improve ParentSpace’s evaluation planning – and confidence.
Case Study: Scottish Ballet
This case study is about two tailored support sessions that ESS facilitated for Scottish Ballet, to support them to set and measure outcomes.
Case Study: Smart Play Network
ESS provided tailored support for this organisation in 2011, and again in 2023 when the CEO felt it was time for an evaluation refresh.
Case Study: Speech Bubble Drama
This case study describes the way Speech Bubble Drama initially used ESS website resources and templates to write their first evaluation plan. ESS then reviewed the evaluation plan to help them ensure their evaluation captures what matters and fits the way they do their work.