Three Sample Evaluation Reports

The following three sample evaluation reports exemplify the five guidelines. Because they are only examples, some of these reports are shorter than they might be in a real situation. Nonetheless, as suggested in Guideline 2, brevity in reporting is a desirable attribute. Each of the three reports is introduced by a short description to set it in context.

The reports included here should not be considered prescriptive in any sense; rather, they contain different ways of reporting evaluation studies to those who will use the results. The first report describes an evaluation of a district-level HIV program's impact on students. The second report deals with a state department of education's staff-development activities on HIV. The third report evaluates a proposed new HIV education curriculum prior to its installation in a school district.

In the three sample reports, you'll see several different kinds of page layouts that are available to users of personal computer word-processing programs. Organize what's on a page so that it will entice the reader. Look to examples beyond those supplied in this booklet to get more ideas about what to put in your evaluation reports.