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Download full textOffice of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2021
The Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 defines major management challenges as programs or management functions that are vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and where a failure to perform well could seriously affect the ability of the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to achieve its mission or…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Inspection, COVID-19, Pandemics
Direct linkCamm, Frank; Stecher, Brian M. – RAND Corporation, 2010
Empirical evidence of the effects of performance-based public management is scarce. This report describes a framework used to organize available empirical information on one form of performance-based management, a performance-based accountability system (PBAS). Such a system identifies individuals or organizations that must change their behavior…
Descriptors: Accountability, Performance, Public Administration, Child Care
Schochet, Peter Z.; Burghardt, John A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
Since the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act, performance measurement systems based on short-term program outcomes have been increasingly used to assess the effectiveness of federal programs. This paper examines the association between program performance measures and long-term program impacts, using nine-year follow-up data from a recent…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Job Training, Program Effectiveness, Measurement
National Council on Disability, 2009
This report compares actual performance with the projected levels of performance set out in the National Council on Disability's annual performance plan. The findings of this report show a positive link between the allocated resources and NCD's performance. NCD's assessment review showed that it was successful in meeting its goals and achieving…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Opportunities, Annual Reports, Performance
Peer reviewedCozzens, Susan E. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Reviews the state of the art in performance measures and assessment processes in program evaluation before the passage of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), and discusses difficulties in fitting these practices into the GPRA format. Presents a simple logic model for evaluating research programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Knowledge Level, Measurement Techniques
Mohan, Rakesh; Tikoo, Minakshi; Capela, Stanley; Bernstein, David J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
In times of budget shortfalls and ever increasing demand for transparency and accountability for use of tax dollars in the public sector, it is clear that the use and influence of performance measurement has increased. "Performance measurement" is a "fairly inclusive term that may refer to the routine measurement of program inputs,…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness, Measurement
