A CHECKLIST ORGANIZER:
Guidance for Choosing and Applying Evaluation Checklists

Daniel L. Stufflebeam
This “functional table of checklists” is provided to assist visitors to the Evaluation Checklists site to locate and select checklists. By looking down the left-hand column, you can idntify the evaluation-related task to be performed. By looking to the right, you will find the checklists that are particularly applicable to the subject evaluation task. After identifying the short list of checklists you might use for the given task, you can then review each one and, taking account of your circumstances and evaluation preferences, make your choice.
1. Evaluation Planning
Evaluation Tasks Applicable Checklists
1.1 Plan an evaluation in detail
   
1.2 Develop and negotiate an evaluation contract
 
Evaluation Contracts Checklist by Daniel Stufflebeam
   
1.3 Construct a budget for the evaluation work
   
1.4 Plan an evaluation in accordance with a specific evaluation model/approach
CIPP Model Evaluation Checklist by Daniel Stufflebeam
 
Deliberative Democratic Evaluation Checklist by Ernest House & Kenneth Howe
 
 
Key Evaluation Checklist by Michael Scriven
 
   
1.5 Identify criteria for judging the subject program or other evaluation object
 
Duties of the Teacher by Michael Scriven
 
 
Institutionalization of Technology in Schools Checklist by Catherine Awsumb Nelson, Jennifer Post, & Bill Bickel
 
Product Evaluation Checklist by Michael Scriven
 
Research and Development Centers Checklist (DRAFT) by Daniel Stufflebeam
   
1.6 Develop a plan for reporting evaluation findings
Feedback Workshop Checklist by Arlen Gullickson & Daniel Stufflebeam
 
2. Metaevaluation
(These checklists are also useful in planning and conducting evaluations)
Evaluation Tasks Applicable Checklists
2.1 Evaluate program evaluations
Guiding Principles Checklist by Daniel Stufflebeam
 
   
2.2 Evaluate personnel evaluations

 
 
Legal Viability Checklist (for personnel evaluations and personnel evaluation systems) by Daniel Stufflebeam & Diana Pullin
   
2.3 Evaluate program evaluation models

3. Institutionalization of Evaluation
Evaluation Tasks Applicable Checklists
3.1 Develop and implement a plan for institutionalizing evaluation within an organization
4. Miscellaneous Checklists
Evaluation Tasks Applicable Checklists
4.1 Develop a checklist

Checklist Development Checklist by Daniel Stufflebeam