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Validating the evaluation capacity scale among practitioners in non-governmental organizations.

Steven Sek-Yum Ngai¹, Chau-Kiu Cheung², Yunjun Li¹

¹Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Frontiers in Psychology

|January 9, 2023

Summary

This study developed the Evaluation Capacity Scale (ECS) to measure the evaluation capacity of nongovernmental organization (NGO) practitioners. The validated scale assesses evaluation mindset, implementation, and communication, aiding tailored capacity-building efforts.

Keywords:

Hong Kong assessment of evaluation capacity internal evaluation non-governmental organization scale validation

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Area of Science:

Social Sciences
Program Evaluation
Nonprofit Management

Background:

Increasing demand for social service program effectiveness demonstration through evaluation.
Need for enhanced evaluation capacity among nongovernmental organization (NGO) practitioners.
Lack of validated instruments to assess NGO practitioners' evaluation capacity.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate the Evaluation Capacity Scale (ECS), a self-reporting instrument.
To assess the evaluation capacity of NGO practitioners for effective service program evaluation.
To inform tailored capacity-building initiatives for NGO practitioners.

Main Methods:

Development of the Evaluation Capacity Scale (ECS) as a self-reporting instrument.
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses on data from 439 NGO practitioners.
MANCOVA analysis to assess predictive validity.

Main Results:

The ECS revealed three factors: evaluation mindset, evaluation implementation, and evaluation communication.
Confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor structure.
The ECS demonstrated satisfactory convergent validity, high internal consistency reliability, and predictive validity.

Conclusions:

The developed ECS is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring NGO practitioners' evaluation capacity.
The scale's factor structure is robust across different demographic subgroups.
Findings support the theoretical and practical application of the ECS in enhancing NGO evaluation capacity.