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Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation: Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief
Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation: Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief
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FEDERAL EVALUATION, WITH THICK SKIN Steering committee chair Grover "Russ" Whitehurst (Brookings Institution) opened the workshop by emphasizing how important it is for the federal government to have a strong evaluation effort, marked by rigor and with independence, enabling agencies to provide accurate and timely information to decision makers.
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Orr also noted nia Arnold Schwarzenegger, to not affect student that the field of international development initially outcomes.5 He noted that any sentence akin to sayresisted evaluation, but since 2000 there have been ing "Everybody knows this program works" is an approximately 1,700 randomized controlled trials enemy of evidence-based policy. Haskins stressed in developing countries.
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She said that the evalu appropriate evaluation method. She noted, ation offices being discussed are more alike than however, that rigor does not automatically they are different and that IES uses many of the mean the use of randomized controlled trials.
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Considering that practitioners and politicians may Judy Gueron (president emerita, MDRC; mem- be interested in more than just the bottom line, ber, steering committee) noted two gaps in cur- Gueron asked to what extent evaluations should rent principles and practices: the way policies for include interpretations in order to produce more evaluation are written in a "one-off" way that does relevant and useful results.
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Neild and Nightingale registering studies helps to enhance transparency. added that keeping staff engaged and encouragMaynard agreed that registering studies and laying ing them to continue their own research can help out standards and expectations about evaluation agencies to compete with contractors or academia.
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Sandy Davis that agencies with centralized evaluation offices (Bipartisan Policy Center) said there appears to be had broader evaluation coverage and greater use congressional interest in improving evaluation, on of evaluation data.
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Shroder raised Whitehurst drew the group's attention back to the concern that evaluation funding and review of the scope of the workshop: evaluation of federal information requests are still closely controlled by programs intended to affect human behavior. He Congress and OIRA, respectively.
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The statements made are those of the author or individual meeting participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all meeting participants; the planning committee; the Committee on National Statistics; or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. REVIEWERS: To ensure that it meets institutional standards for quality and objectivity, this Proceedings of a Workshop -- in Brief was reviewed by Ruth Levine, Global Development and Population Program, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Miron L
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