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  1. A grant-funded literacy program wants to measure long-term impact. Which metric best captures sustained change beyond the grant period?

    Answer: Reading proficiency scores of participants 12 months post-program

    Long-term impact metrics, like proficiency scores measured after the program ends, demonstrate sustained change rather than just activity completion.

  2. Which evaluation design provides the strongest evidence that a program caused observed outcomes?

    Answer: Randomized controlled trial (RCT)

    Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) randomly assign participants to treatment and control groups, providing the strongest causal evidence.

  3. A nonprofit tracks the ratio of clients served to total program budget. This is an example of which type of metric?

    Answer: Efficiency metric

    Efficiency metrics measure resource use relative to outputs, such as cost per client served.

  4. When a funder requests a 'theory of change,' what should the evaluation plan align with?

    Answer: The assumed causal pathway from activities to long-term impact

    A theory of change maps the logical pathway from inputs and activities to short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes, and evaluations should test this chain.

  5. A program serving 200 youth reports a 15% reduction in disciplinary incidents. To make this finding credible, evaluators should also report:

    Answer: Baseline disciplinary incident rates before the program began

    Without baseline data, a 15% reduction cannot be meaningfully interpreted; comparisons require a starting point.

  6. Which term describes evaluation conducted during program implementation to improve ongoing delivery?

    Answer: Formative evaluation

    Formative evaluation occurs during implementation and is used to improve or adjust the program while it is still running.

  7. A funder asks for 'disaggregated data' in the evaluation report. What does this mean?

    Answer: Outcome data broken down by subgroups such as age, race, or gender

    Disaggregated data breaks findings into subgroup categories to reveal whether outcomes differ across populations.