Evaluation capacity building in the nonformal education context: Challenges and strategies

Proses Perencanaan Pendidikan Nonformal untuk Peningkatan Kapasitas Teknologi Pelaku UMKM

“…Konsep pendidikan nonformal merupakan konsep pendidikan dengan harapan dapat mengubah pola pikir masyarakat, sehingga dapat berbentuk kesadaran ingin berusaha dan berjuang untuk mengubah hidupnya (Supsiloani, 2019). Banyak organisasi yang menyelenggarakan pendidikan nonformal berbasis kebutuhan yang terkait dengan pengembangan masyarakat (Chaudhary et al, 2020). Pendidikan nonformal sangat dibutuhkan karena tidak ekslusif dan dapat menjangkau setiap lapisan masyarakat yang tidak terlayani oleh pendidikan formal (Muslim & Suci, 2020;Mustangin et al, 2021).…”

Resonance, stickiness, and the value propositions of Evaluation Capacity Building: Key takeaways and future directions

“…Challenges to ECB have been enumerated in many ECB studies (Chaudhary et al., 2020; Danseco, 2013; Kegeles, Rebchook, & Tebbetts, 2005; Labin et al., 2012; Norton et al., 2016; Preskill & Boyle, 2008; Stockdill et al., 2002). Moreover, Leviton (2014) points out that ECB faces an additional hurdle compared to simply devoting resources to a time‐limited but specific evaluation project: investment in, for example, a data collection system is vulnerable to changes in a funder's outcomes of interest, or inability to use the results for program improvement.…”

“…Challenges to ECB and its goal of sustained evaluation practice in organizations were and continue to be significant and have been described in numerous studies. They include lack of time and resources (either for professional development or for evaluation); absence of or inconsistent leadership emphasis on evaluation and ECB; insufficient or ineffective use of evaluation results; staff turnover; evaluation being an afterthought; and, attitudes, including the perceived tradeoff between doing evaluation or ECB and doing the “real work” of program delivery (Chaudhary, Diaz, Jayarante, & Assan, 2020; Labin, Duffy, Meyers, Wandersman, & Lesesne, 2012; Norton, Milat, Edwards, & Giffin, 2016; Preskill & Boyle, 2008; Stockdill, Baizerman, & Compton, 2002). The challenges to ECB are related to the challenges to evaluation itself.…”

Conducting and utilizing evaluation for multiple accountabilities: A study of nonprofit evaluation capacities

“…Additional impediments to evaluation include evaluation design challenges, establishing outcome indicators, and data collection and analysis (Bach‐Mortensen et al, 2018). Even as organizations strive to build their evaluation capacity, staff may fail to comprehend how evaluation leads to program improvement (Chaudhary et al, 2020). For example, employees may lack an understanding of the nuances of evaluation whether in regard to the overall concepts associated with evaluation (Hoefer, 2000; Liket, Rey‐Garcia, & Maas, 2014; Morariu, Athanasiades, & Emery, 2012) or confusion about the processes and desired outcomes of evaluation (Liket et al, 2014; Plantz, Greenway, & Hendricks, 1997; Snibbe, 2006).…”

“…Nonprofit leaders face considerable pressures to demonstrate effectiveness, performance, and efficiency. A growing literature discusses how the “accountability movement” informs and drives nonprofit behavior toward internal and external stakeholders' demands (Carman, 2010; Chaudhary, Diaz, Jayaratne, & Assan, 2020; Costa & Pesci, 2016; Ebrahim, 2005; Williams & Taylor, 2013). The sector's legitimacy depends on nonprofits being accountable to someone for their performance.…”