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Congress And Program Evaluation

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Author : Clinton T. Brass
language : en
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Release Date : 2008

Congress And Program Evaluation written by Clinton T. Brass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.

Program evaluations can play an important role in public policy debates and in oversight of government programs, potentially affecting decisions about program design, operation, and funding. One technique that has received significant recent attention is the randomised controlled trial (RCT). There are also many other types of evaluation, including the observational and qualitative designs.

Congress And Program Evaluation

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Release Date : 2006

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Program evaluations can play an important role in public policy debates and in oversight of government programs, potentially affecting decisions about program design, operation, and funding. One technique that has received significant recent attention is the randomized controlled trial (RCT). There are also many other types of evaluation, including observational and qualitative designs. An RCT attempts to estimate a program's impact upon an outcome of interest (e.g., crime rate). An RCT randomly assigns subjects to treatment and control groups, administers an intervention to the treatment group, and afterward measures the average difference between the groups. The quality of an RCT is typically assessed by its internal, external, and construct validity. At the federal level, RCTs have been a subject of interest and some controversy in education policy and the George W. Bush Administration's effort to integrate budgeting and performance using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). In addition, in the 109th Congress, pending legislation provides for RCTs (e.g., Sections 3 and 15 of S. 1934; Section 114 of S. 667 (Senate committee-reported bill); and Section 5 of S. 1129). Views about the practical capabilities and limitations of RCTs, compared to other evaluation designs, have sometimes been contentious. There is wide consensus that, under certain conditions, well-designed and implemented RCTs provide the most valid estimate of an intervention's impact, and can therefore provide useful information on whether, and the extent to which, an intervention causes favorable impacts for a large group of subjects, on average. However, RCTs are also seen as difficult to design and implement well. There also appears to be less consensus about what proportion of evaluations that are intended to estimate impacts should be RCTs and about the conditions under which RCTs are appropriate. Many observers argue that other types of evaluations are necessary complements to RCTs, or sometimes necessary substitutes for them, and can be used to establish causation, help bolster or undermine an RCT's findings, or in some situations validly estimate impacts. There is increasing consensus that a single study of any type is rarely sufficient to reliably support decision making. Many researchers have therefore embraced systematic reviews, which synthesize many similar or disparate studies. A number of issues regarding RCTs might arise when Congress considers making program evaluation policy or when actors in the policy process present program evaluations to influence Congress. Should Congress focus on RCTs in these situations, a number of issues might be considered, including an RCT's parameters, capabilities, and limitations. In addition, Congress might examine the types of program evaluations that are necessary, question an evaluation's definitions or assumptions, consider how to appropriately use evaluation information in its learning and decision making, evaluate how much confidence to have in a study, and investigate whether agencies have capacity to properly conduct, interpret, and objectively present evaluations. This report will be updated in the 110th Congress.

Program Evaluation

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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 1974

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Indian Program Evaluation And Needs Assessment

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language : en
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Release Date : 1978

Indian Program Evaluation And Needs Assessment written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.

Congressional Record

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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Law categories.

New Directions For Program Evaluation

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language : en
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Release Date : 1989

New Directions For Program Evaluation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Education categories.

Communication In Congress

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Author : David Whiteman
language : en
Publisher: Studies in Government and Public Policy
Release Date : 1995

Communication In Congress written by David Whiteman and has been published by Studies in Government and Public Policy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

A powerful defense of original jurisprudence.

Federal Program Evaluations

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Author : United States. General Accounting Office. Office of Program Analysis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976

Federal Program Evaluations written by United States. General Accounting Office. Office of Program Analysis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Administrative agencies categories.

Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.

Federal Program Evaluations 1976 77

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language : en
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Release Date : 1977

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Hearings Before The Subcommittee On Economic Committee Congress Of The United States

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language : en
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Release Date : 1970

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