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Stepping Forward Review

Practical guidance for youth development

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Outcome Evaluation

Methods and questions for evaluating youth development outcomes.

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A youth program manager reviews a chart of indicators.ILLUSTRATION

OE-007Outcome Evaluation

Evaluating the credibility of published outcomes

A practical checklist for parents, funders, and partners to judge whether a youth program's published outcomes data is credible before trusting it.

Teens share their thoughts on clipboards during a youth feedback session.ILLUSTRATION

OE-005Outcome Evaluation

Collecting feedback from youth participants

Practical ways to gather honest feedback from young people, from surveys to circles, so programs improve with youth as partners.

A facilitator holding two labeled stacks of survey papers in a classroom.ILLUSTRATION

OE-004Outcome Evaluation

Using pre and post surveys

A practical guide for youth workers on designing, running and interpreting pre and post surveys responsibly, with ethics and plain reporting tips.

A guardian and youth formalize consent, a safeguard central to ethical evaluation.ILLUSTRATION

OE-002Outcome Evaluation

Ethical considerations in evaluating youth

Explore the ethical questions that guide evaluation activities involving minors, from consent to data privacy and positive youth development.

Youth workers turn evaluation data into a shared plan for a stronger program.ILLUSTRATION

OE-001Outcome Evaluation

Improving programs with evaluation data

Learn how to turn evaluation findings into practical program improvements with a step-by-step checklist for youth workers and educators.