A lot of work goes into producing a good executive summary of key evaluation report findings. Executive summaries are typically 1 to 2 pages in length, can be photocopied on 1 sheet of paper, and are easily distributed. A good executive summary requires the evaluator to rethink the original report. This task should not be [...]
ACET, Inc. Blog: Three Quick Tips for Summarizing Evaluation Findings
May 11, 2012 By
Although there are multiple ways to summarize evaluation findings, I wanted to share three valuable pointers that ACET has found to write good evaluation summaries. 1. Don’t start a sentence with an actual number (e.g., “50 respondents said…”). Instead, restate this as “A total of 50 respondents…” or at a minimum spell out 50 if [...]