Analyze and plan next step

  • CQI Template (BUILD)

    This planning tool helps CQI teams guide and track their CQI efforts.

  • Using Learning Questions to Guide Road Testing and Reflection

    Tip sheet covers considerations for developing learning questions to frame a road test and how to use them to reflect on road test results after the road test.

  • Using a CQI Decision Tree to Make Evidence-Informed Decisions

    Tip sheet covers questions to help your team make decisions about next steps at two critical decision points in the CQI cycle – after the road test and at the end of a CQI cycle. It includes different paths based on how your team responds to key questions.

  • Scaling and sustaining improvement efforts

    Tip sheet covers considerations for scaling and/or sustaining an improvement strategy after a CQI cycle concludes. It includes recommendations for reflecting on the key aspects of the strategy; formalizing the strategy to share with others; and creating a plan for scaling and sustainability.

  • July 2022 Office Hours: Sustaining gains after the road test

    Webinar covered considerations for sustaining gains from a successful CQI effort. It presents three steps that support sustaining outcomes post-testing. These steps include reflecting on learning; formalizing your improvement strategy; and planning for scaling and sustainability.

  • Synthesis Matrix

    Tip sheet shares a tool that grantees can use to synthesize findings across data sources in a road test. This matrix tool is useful for organizing insights by key learning questions.

  • June 2022 Office Hours: Monitoring improvement over time

    Webinar covered considerations for monitoring improvement following the implementation of a strategy. It covers the three types of measures that are helpful for assessing the success of a strategy, and introduces run charts as a useful visualization tool for monitoring improvement.

  • CQI Tip: A Table is Worth a Thousand Words

    Presents one grantee’s approach to sharing survey data with staff in an accessible way. Part of a series of CQI tip sheets focusing on promising grantee practices.

  • CQI Tip: Penny for Your Thoughts?

    Offers tips on the use of focus groups to gather detailed, action-oriented feedback from clients. Part of a series of CQI tip sheets focusing on promising grantee practices. 

  • Leadership Academy Learning Lab (and January 2022 CQI Office Hours): nFORM and CQI

    Webinar provided guidance and examples for how to use nFORM to support program monitoring and CQI. Featured key reports and tools in nFORM that support using and learning from programmatic data.