DOME: A mixed-method evaluation of the impacts of complex programmes against educational poverty

Abstract

Developmental Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation (DOME) is a mixed and participatory method for the impact assessment of complex and innovative programmes. It has been developed and is being applied in Italy for the evaluation of interventions to combat juvenile educational poverty. The methodological process focuses on the detection of strategic change (outcomes) implemented by key actors in complex programmes, implemented in diverse geographical areas and managed by public–private partnerships. DOME combines methodological approaches already in use in the field of monitoring and evaluation – theory of change, counterfactual analysis and developmental evaluation and trailing research – in new ways.