Introduction

Abstract

Evaluability assessment is a diagnostic and prescriptive tool for improving programs and making evaluations more useful. It is a systematic process for describing the structure of a program (i.e., the objectives, logic, activities, and indicators of successful performance); and for analyzing the plausibility and feasibility for achieving objectives, their suitability for indepth evaluation, and their acceptability to program managers, policymakers, and program operators. This is accomplished by:

• clarifying program intent from the points of view of key actors in and around the program;

• exploring program reality to clarify plausibility of program objectives and the feasibility of program performance; and

• identifying opportunities to improve program performance (Wholey, 1987).