Before you set off on your way toward implementing a human rights-based approach to education in your school, it is important that you take a step back and ask, "How will I know when the programme has achieved its goals?" It is a classic mistake in reform efforts to think about documentation and evaluation after the program has been implemented; however, doing so could rob your institution of valuable data and information about the operation of the HRBA program. It is wise to devise an evaluation plan right from the start and to stick to it. This way, your institution will have a solid evaluation that starts with the programme, allowing for the most accurate analysis when the time comes to re-evaluate and adapt the program in the future. Take the time to read through some of the following documents and evaluations created by already-existing HRBA institutions and interested individuals, then create your own plan for HRBA evaluation.

Establishing an Effective Evaluation Plan

In order to create an effective and efficient evaluation plan, it is imperative to understand the practice of evaluation. Please read the following documents carefully for an overview of the many different approaches to programme documentation and evaluation:

Susanne Ulrich & Florian M. Wenzel, Participatory Evaluation: A Perspective for Human Rights Education

Felisa Tibbitts, Evaluation in the HRE Field: Getting Started

Scholarly Evaluations on HRBA

Now that you have a better understanding of the practice of evaluation, read the following evaluations of actual HRBA initiatives to see how they work in reality.

Rights, Respect, Responsibility: Report on the Hampshire County Initiative

UNICEF Child-Friendly Schools Programming: Global Evaluation Report  

Introduction to Human Rights Education

Monitoring & Evaluation in the NGO Sector

The Right to Education

Podcast with Felisa Tibbitts on human rights education (6 December 2010)

Research and evaluation papers (HRE Library)