Program evaluation toolkit

This toolkit is for Northern Territory Government employees who are responsible for policy development, program design and program evaluation. It has been compiled by the Program Evaluation Unit at the Department of Treasury and Finance as part of a whole of government approach to program evaluation. It provides guidance, resources and templates to help managers integrate evaluation planning into program design, get a program ready for evaluation, commission and manage an external evaluation or lead an internal evaluation. It will help evaluation teams (either internal or external) meet the expectations for evaluation under the Program evaluation framework.

The toolkit is structured to guide program managers and policy officers through completing two key documents: the Evaluation overview and the Evaluation work plan.

Key resources in the toolkit include:

• Table 7 Evidence bank and clearinghouse library
• Table 10 Program logic rubric
• Table 11 Program logic library
• Table 13 Estimated costs for evaluation services
• Evaluation report checklist
• Evaluation overview template DOCX (23.3 KB)
• Evaluation work plan template DOTX (696.0 KB)
• Process evaluation report template DOTX (175.4 KB)

There are many different approaches to evaluation and this toolkit is not intended to be exhaustive. It will be updated regularly in response to user feedback. If you would like to suggest a change or if you need further information on how to use the toolkit, please email DTF.ProgramEvaluation@nt.gov.au.

Download a copy of the toolkit

• Program Evaluation Toolkit PDF (3.2 MB)
• Program Evaluation Toolkit DOCX (1.1 MB)