Translations of the criteria definitions and principles Working with key partners, and in line with the mandate to support learning and evaluation capacity development, the OECD is currently in the process of translating the criteria definitions into various languages in addition to the official languages of the OECD, English and French. [...] Considering the following six aspects and their related questions will assist evaluators in the thoughtful application of the criteria: Context: What is the context of the intervention itself and how can the criteria be understood in the context of the individual evaluation, the intervention and the stakeholders? Purpose: What is the evaluation trying to achieve and what questions are most use. [...] The criteria – and related evaluation questions – should therefore reflect the following two key aspects related to timing: 1) the point in the lifecycle of the intervention when the evaluation will take place; and 2) the stage of the intervention or point of the result chain on which the evaluation will focus. [...] Using the criteria for better evaluation questions Formulating good evaluation questions is a key part of the evaluation process and the use of the six criteria interacts with and supports the process of deciding on evaluation questions.2 The process starts with a reflection on the purpose of the evaluation, how it will be used and by whom. [...] the one that is consistent with the original intent of the criteria and that leads to the highest quality evaluation) is that of deliberately selecting and using the criteria in ways that are appropriate to the evaluation and to the questions that the evaluation is seeking to answer.
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