Rapid impact evaluation

Rowe, Andy

doi:10.1177/1356389019870213

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“…If used for evaluation purposes, a small group of different constituencies such as the designers, the beneficiaries, and other interest groups could be convened and asked to independently assess the intervention. This strategy would be similar to the interest-based approaches to stakeholders recommended in Rapid Impact Evaluation (Rowe, 2019b) applied either ex-ante or ex-post.…”

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Planetary health: Creating rapid impact assessment tools

Brousselle,

Curren,

Dunbar

et al. 2024

Evaluation

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Addressing current environmental, social, health, and democratic challenges requires projects and evaluations to be conceptualized differently. This article proposes a pathway to creating rapid impact assessment tools that consider the dimensions that matter the most to ensure positive impacts for a thriving future. This work is based on three premises for evaluation practice, which needs to: contribute to a positive ecosystem, adopt a holistic perspective, and engage participants in deliberative and democratic practices. We first review related evaluation approaches—health impact and environmental impact assessments—to learn from these experiences and avoid their pitfalls. Second, we present and illustrate how the Planetary Health Rapid Impact Assessment tools can be developed and used. This article, is intended to inspire and support policymakers, program designers, decision-makers, administrators, and evaluators willing to positively influence planetary health and introduce such tools in their projects.

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Section: Use and Results Presentationmentioning

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Planetary health: Creating rapid impact assessment tools

Brousselle,

Curren,

Dunbar

et al. 2024

Evaluation

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“…Researchers have developed techniques to accelerate time-efficient collection and analysis of data including audio coding ( Neal et al, 2015 ) and rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) technique ( Watkins, 2017 ). More recently, other iterations of rapid approaches have been deployed including rapid impact evaluations ( Rowe, 2019 ) which fosters utility for developmental and formative evaluation in ex ante and ex post settings. Such fit-for-purpose methods suggest that rapid evaluations can be rigorous and deliver legitimacy and credibility with decision makers and key stakeholders ( Rowe, 2019 ).…”

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“…More recently, other iterations of rapid approaches have been deployed including rapid impact evaluations ( Rowe, 2019 ) which fosters utility for developmental and formative evaluation in ex ante and ex post settings. Such fit-for-purpose methods suggest that rapid evaluations can be rigorous and deliver legitimacy and credibility with decision makers and key stakeholders ( Rowe, 2019 ). Within the evaluation field, however, there is still limited information about real world experience implementing rapid evaluations within large government institutions and utility of findings.…”

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Using rapid evaluation methods to assess service delivery changes: Lessons learned for evaluation practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gawaya

Terrill

Williams

2022

Evaluation Journal of Australasia

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The COVID-19 pandemic required large-scale service delivery changes for government, and provided the opportunity for evaluators to step up and support decision makers to understand the impact of these changes. Rapid evaluation methods (REM) provide a pragmatic approach for generating timely information for evidence-based policy and decision-making. Grounded in developmental and utilisation-focused evaluation theory, REM incorporates a team-based, mixed methods design, executed over a 6–8-week period. Customised rubrics were used to rigorously assess effectiveness and scalability of practice changes to inform COVID-19 response planning. REM is an alternative approach to full-scale evaluation models frequently implemented to assess policies and programs. Adapted use of REM suggests that meaningful insights can be gained through use of smaller scale evaluations. This article shares lessons learned from a novel rapid evaluation method applied in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid evaluation approach was implemented to provide real-time insights and evaluative conclusions for 15 program and practice adaptations across Victorian health and human service settings. The article shares insights about the practical applicability of balancing rigour and timeliness when implementing a rapid evaluation, and strengths and limitations of working within a fast-paced evaluation framework. Findings can inform evaluative practice in resource and time-limited settings.

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“…Other worldviews, in particular indigenous worldviews, are strongly sustainability-ready and represent a fruitful pathway for evaluation. Achieving sustainability-ready evaluation requires evaluation to change its worldview from one based on dominion to one based on equality across and within systems (Rowe, 2019).…”

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Evaluation for the Anthropocene: Introduction

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2019

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Rapid impact evaluation

Cited by 8 publications

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Planetary health: Creating rapid impact assessment tools

Planetary health: Creating rapid impact assessment tools

Using rapid evaluation methods to assess service delivery changes: Lessons learned for evaluation practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

Evaluation for the Anthropocene: Introduction

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