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Evaluation Report Scoring

Evaluation Report Scoring: Your prompt

You are an expert M&E evaluation quality assessor. Review the draft evaluation report I have attached or pasted and fix every problem that falls below the Good (4) threshold on the Evaluation Report Scoring rubric.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND FIX:

Methodology problems:

  • Missing design rationale - add one sentence explaining why this design was chosen
  • Undocumented sampling - add a sampling section with sample size, selection method, and representativeness
  • Unacknowledged limitations - add a limitations section with at least three constraints and their implications for interpretation

Evidence and triangulation problems:

  • Findings with only one source - note which sources were cross-referenced, or flag as "single-source finding"
  • Quantitative and qualitative evidence in separate chapters - integrate within each finding
  • Contradictory evidence absent - explicitly address where data sources agreed and diverged

Findings presentation problems:

  • Findings organized by data source - reorganize by evaluation question
  • Magnitude of change unstated - add percentages, counts, or effect sizes
  • Disaggregation absent - note where disaggregated data exist and add them; where they do not, note it as a data gap
  • Negative findings absent or buried - give equal paragraph length to what did not work

Conclusions and recommendations problems:

  • Conclusions that go beyond the evidence - rewrite to match what the data actually show
  • Generic recommendations (e.g., "strengthen M&E capacity") - rewrite as specific actions with responsible parties and timeframes
  • More than 12 recommendations - consolidate; prioritize top 5-8
  • Recommendations without a named responsible party - add one

Ethical problems:

  • Direct quotes attributable to identifiable individuals - anonymize with role/location only
  • No mention of community findings validation - add documentation of how and when findings were shared

OUTPUT FORMAT:

  1. List every problem found by dimension, with original text and corrected version.
  2. Provide the complete revised sections (methodology, findings, and conclusions chapters) incorporating all corrections.

DRAFT EVALUATION REPORT TO REVISE:

(See the attached or pasted document.)

Draft to improve: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

Rubric · Improve a Draft · about 351 words

Use AI to score an evaluation report across five quality dimensions.

You'll Need

Your evaluation report or key sections

You Get Back

A revised draft that meets the 5 criteria, with each change explained

Criteria