Planned Parenthood's "Steps Toolkit"


 

“Steps. Steps to Transforming Evaluation Practice for Social Change.” 2009. Margaret Sanger International Center. Planned Parenthood. 

 

The Steps Toolkit developed by Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger International Center provides an easily accessible step by step guide to designing and implementing a pathway Theory of Change model for evaluation of sexual and reproductive heath programs. The toolkit highlights the following M&E principles: ensuring a learning approach by engaging in self-evaluation, embedding M&E within program planning processes, drawing from multiple methods to best capture change, engaging diverse stakeholder groups in the evaluation process, and setting realistic timeframes to produce meaningful changes based on one’s results. Specifically, the Steps M&E toolkit underscores the following guiding principles for social justice work, including examining: 

 

 

Strengths: 

 

 

Weaknesses (or not designed for):

 

 


[1] Principles reproduced from the Steps website.