Resources

Fast-Cycle Iteration Worksheet

A fillable Fast-Cycle Iteration Worksheet to help your team plan a ToC-based evaluation.

*Download available in English and Spanish

Rapid Learning Methods: Methods to Examine and Improve Social Programs

A report from the Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation.

Forming Bonds in Adversity: Fast-Cycle Iteration In Action

A brief case study on how the Forming Bonds in Adversity (Formação de Vínculo na Adversidade) team engaged in fast cycle iteration to understand and improve their impact.

The El Busesito Fast-Cycle Iteration Worksheet

The fast-cycle iteration worksheet of the program followed throughout the Toolkit.

Participatory Action Research and Evaluation

A resource from Organizing Engagement that reviews key definitions and concepts in participatory action research

The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership

A resource from Facilitating Power that describes a spectrum of engagement from ignoring to deferring to.

Very Cool Dads: Co-creation in Action

A brief case study on how the Very Cool Dads (Padres Muy Padres) team engaged in co-creation to ensure their program met the needs of fathers in their community.

Theory of Change PowerPoint template

A fillable ToC template your team can use to draft a ToC, following the steps outlined in the Toolkit.

*Download available in English and Spanish

Theory of Change workshop poster

A ToC poster template your team can print, using the specified dimensions, to draft a ToC following the steps outlined in the Toolkit.

*Download available in English and Spanish

Theory of Change examples library

Theory of Change examples shared by teams who have used the IDEAS framework in the context of their work.

The El Busesito Theory of Change

The TOC of the program followed throughout the Toolkit (in English and Spanish).

IMPACT Measures Tool

A free tool that allows anyone interested in early childhood measurement and evaluation to search, compare, and access measures scored on four key categories of usability, cost, cultural relevance, and technical merit.

EC PRISM

Provides technical assistance based on the IDEAS Impact Framework to programs and organizations across various sectors within the early childhood ecosystem.

Measuring Child Development: A Toolkit for Doing it Right

A resource from the World Bank that offers guidance for selection and adaptation of early childhood measures for use in countries that are low-and-middle-income.

The Program Manager’s Guide to Evaluation, Second Edition

This resource from the Administration for Children and Families provides practical guidelines for planning and implementing evaluation of programs for children and families.

National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers

NCIT offers a variety of resources to help innovators in the field of early childhood measure impact.

National Implementation Research Network

Information and resources on implementation science

RE-AIM

A framework to help program developers, evaluators, funders and policy makers attend to factors that can improve implementation and scaling of evidence-based programs.

Dartington Service Design Lab

A position paper highlighting an organization’s activities, actions and organizational changes as they work towards embedding an anti-racist approach in research and design.

Promise Venture Studio

A nonprofit dedicated to supporting and connecting innovators in the field of early childhood.