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5 Process for Long-Term Assessment and Program Improvement
Pages 44-50

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... The challenge in assessing the impact of PATHis distinguishing between progress resulting from natural processes and economic initiative and progress resulting from the PATH program. The limited amount of research and baseline data on innovation in the housing industry increases the difficulty.
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... No single metric can assess PATH completely. Therefore, it is important to identify multiple performance measures that can be attributed directly to PATH and that reflect interim progress toward its goals (Jaffe, 1998; Hatry, 1999~.
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... ASSESSMENT DATA Performance assessment needs to be designed into the structure of each activity. Criteria for performance measures should be part of the annual reporting requirements of contracts and grants so that they can be easily aggregated to determine how the results affect the program' s mission and goals.
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... By reaching all levels of the housing supply-and-demand chain, innovation surveys can help explain individual roles in innovation as well as gauge the rate of technolo~v development and diffusion. Innovation surveys might gather data on: · Expenditures on activities related to R&D and other innovation processes; · Output of incrementally and radically changed products; · Sources of information relevant to innovation; · Technical collaboration for R&D and technology transfer; · Obstacles to innovation; and · Factors promoting innovation.
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... Additional performance measures should be designed to evaluate how the program is affecting innovation by individuals, enterprises, and the housing industry. Performance data should be reviewed independently so that assessment and interpretation of reported performance metrics are unbiased.
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... 1997. Proposed Guidelines for Collecting and Interpreting Technological Innovation Data: The Oslo Manual.
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