Scroll down for a redrawing of Schröter, Becho, and Montrosse-Moorhead’s (2026) characterisation of broad evaluation approaches. R code here.
Their assessments of each approach on 8 dimensions are linked here:
- Adaptive Evaluation
- Fourth Generation Evaluation
- ISE4GEMs – Inclusive Systemic Evaluation for Gender Equality, Environments, and Marginalised Voices
- Made in Africa Evaluation
- Most Significant Change
- Nation-to-Nation Evaluation
- Outcome Harvesting
- Practical Participatory Evaluation
- Realist Evaluation
- Sistematización de Experiencias
- Success Case Method
- Theory-Driven Evaluation
- Transformative Participatory Evaluation
References
Schröter, D., Becho, L. W., & Montrosse-Moorhead, B. (2026). The garden of evaluation approaches: Supporting explicit, theory-informed evaluation practice. Evaluation.
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2026, March 5). The bargraphs of evaluation approaches [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/the-bargraphs-of-evaluation-approaches/
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