Designing Initiative Evaluation: A Systems-orientated Framework for Evaluating Social Change Efforts

This publication is designed for use by external evaluators who conduct initiative evaluations for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). It presents a systems-oriented framework and four general designs for initiative and cluster evaluation.

The designs are based on systems concepts related to change and the dynamics of systems. The focus is not on considering all ideas about systems that could be applied to initiative evaluation, rather on how different dynamics within systems can serve as the basis for initiative evaluation designs.