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Appendix C: Performance Measures Used by Other Agencies and Organizations
Appendix C: Performance Measures Used by Other Agencies and Organizations
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and the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
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Scores are normalized across the different directorates (Selden 1998~. PERFORMANCE MEASURES USED TO EVALUATE STATE-LEVEL PROGRAMS Many states have developed science and technology performance metrics to evaluate whether and how research programs are encouraging economic development.
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Texas The primary research effort in Texas is known as the Advanced Reevaluation efforts for ARP/ATP are coordinated by the Texas Higher Edu
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Appendix C 169 cation Coordinating Board. Progress reports and final reports are used to track the impact of research projects.
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Kansas The Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation is responsible for managing grant programs for applied research and for equipment used in science and technology skill training. Examples of metrics used to evaluate programs are ranking of importance of commonly accepted economic development goals (such as, job creation, encouraging technologic innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, and literature review)
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Appendix C 171 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MEASURES IN ACADEME Program evaluation is also used widely in academe, particularly in programs that involve improving educational opportunities and academic
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The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research EPSCOR is designed to improve the R&D competitiveness of states that have traditionally received smaller amounts of federal research and development funding based on a per capita comparison. The program requires a commitment on the part of the states to improve the quality of science and engineering research and training at colleges and universities.
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Benchmarks typically include questions about the quality ofthe peer-review process, detailed information about the strategic planning process, measures to determine the quality of program management, ability ofthe program to develop private-sector matching funds, the number of published peer-reviewed papers in relation to the size ofthe research program, and questions to gauge the social, economic, and scientific contributions of program research (NOAA, unpublished material, 1998~. CONCLUSIONS Federal research programs tend to focus more on the collection of product metrics than process metrics.
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Optional Worksheet for Organizing Data. Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration, U.S.
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Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, and U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Appendix III.
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