Time vs. Data
Real time evaluation presents challenges in terms of balancing the need for useful data and the need for quick implementation and analysis.
This brief is a follow up to A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy report. The Guide explores ways of thinking about evaluation of advocacy and policy work. This brief presents results of a pilot to test the Guide’s framework and evaluation directions in “real world” contexts.
Researchers found a gap in the evaluation field with regard to a real-time advocacy evaluation tool – no ready tool or framework was found to support such self-evaluation efforts. KIDS COUNT grantees reiterated the value of having a real time, self-evaluation approach, but it clearly worked better as a process rather than a tool.