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OMB M-21-27: Guidance worth getting excited about

WEBFor program evaluation to serve as a key agency function, agencies have to go beyond the minimum and provide the resources to achieve this mission-critical function. OMB M-21-27 offers ideas about how agencies can use diversified funding sources and other tools to support their evaluation activities. The guidance also puts down a clear …

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Evaluation.gov Celebrating Five Years of the Evidence Act

WEBCelebrating Five Years of the Evidence Act. By The Evidence Team, OMB. January 2024 marks five years since passage of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, or Evidence Act. This law created a new paradigm for Federal agencies to more strategically and holistically build evidence and use it for decision-making.

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Evaluation.gov Evaluation 101

WEBEvaluation 101 provides resources to help you answer those questions and more. You will learn about program evaluation and why it is needed, along with some helpful frameworks that place evaluation in the broader evidence context. Other resources provide helpful overviews of specific types of evaluation you may encounter or be considering

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What is program evaluation

WEBThis description helps to identify how the program should lead to the outcome, why the program activities should lead to the outcomes, and where to evaluate the program to check whether it does. This method is called a program theory. “A program theory explains how and why a program is supposed to work.

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Evaluation.gov Home

WEBEvaluation plays a critical role in evidence-based policymaking, helping agencies determine what is and is not working well and answer questions regarding why, for whom, and under what circumstances. Evaluation.gov provides a central home to learn about the Federal evaluation community and the activities it undertakes. Explore.

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Progress on the White House Year of Evidence for Action

WEBThe Year of Evidence for Action launched with three priorities: Share leading practices from Federal agencies to generate and use research-backed knowledge to advance better, more equitable outcomes for all of America; Strengthen existing—and develop new—strategies and structures to promote consistent evidence-based decision …

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How to Use Available Evidence to Inform Decision-Making

WEBTo address these realities, this guide describes the key steps to use and apply available evidence in decision-making, including when that evidence is imperfect. 1 1. Define your information need. 3 Assess how well evidence. 2. Apply evidence and plan for. 5. new evidence needs. 2.

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Evaluation.gov FAQs and Definitions

WEBLearning agendas, or evidence-building plans, provide an evidence-building roadmap to support effective and efficient agency functioning. Read more about Learning Agendas and other evidence planning documents required by the Evidence Act here.. Learning Agendas are organized around priority questions that articulate where …

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Evaluation.gov Building the Foundation Needed to Achieve the …

WEBThe five-year anniversary of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (the Evidence Act) provides a point of reflection on the journey to ensure the Federal government centers its work in evidence building and use.

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Evaluation.gov Frequently Asked Questions

WEBThe Evaluation Officer Council is comprised of the Evaluation Officers designated by the 24 CFO Act agencies. It was established in OMB M-19-23 as a forum for Evaluation Officers to exchange information, consult with and advise OMB on issues that affect evaluation functions (e.g., evaluator competencies, program evaluation best practices, and …

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Evaluation policy and the federal workforce

WEBAgency evaluation policies help codify how a skilled federal evaluation workforce enables evaluation activities to inform policymaking; given the unique environment these staff work in, this is far from guaranteed. Over the past 40 years, the links between eval-uation and policy more generally have been well documented in the literature.

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How to Develop a Program Logic Model

WEBHow to create a logic model. Two main approaches are used to create a logic model: Reverse logic (right to left) – asks “but how” questions. Forward logic (left to right) – uses “ifthen” statements.

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Evaluation.gov Capacity Assessments for Statistics, Research

WEBAs required by the Evidence Act, agencies must conduct and provide an assessment of the coverage, quality, methods, effectiveness, and independence of their statistics, evaluation, research, and analysis efforts. The Capacity Assessment is intended to help agencies to assess their ability and infrastructure to carry out evidence building

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Evaluation.gov Learning Agendas

WEBLearning Agendas, or evidence-building plans, are systematic plans for identifying and addressing priority questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of an agency. They identify, prioritize, and establish strategies to develop evidence to answer important short- and long-term questions including: strategic questions about how

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THE EVIDENCE FORUMS

WEBDuring panel discussions, speakers identified new strategies, investments and other factors that would help advance air pollution research for informing environmental health policy decisions. Collect more granular data and find better ways to use existing data and technology. Engelman-Lado said that one of the biggest barriers to transparency

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The Administration for Children & Families Common …

WEBOPRE Report 2016-14. March 2016. This document outlines the roles of various types of research and evaluation in generating information and answering empirical questions related to the human services provided by the Administration for Children & Families (ACF). More specifically, this document describes the purpose of each type of research, the

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TOOLKIT December 2018 Formative Evaluation Toolkit

WEBFormative Evaluation Toolkit 1 _____ Introduction . Few evaluations of social programs have demonstrated positive results (Laura and John Arnold Foundation, 2017).

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Evaluation Questions Checklist for Program Evaluation

WEBEvaluation questions identify what aspects of a program1 will be investigated. They focus on the merit, worth, or significance2 of a program or particular aspects of a program. Unlike survey questions, they are not intended to derive single data points. Evaluation questions help to define the boundaries of an evaluation that are consistent with

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