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Program evaluation: a variety of rigorous methods can help identify effective interventions: report to congressional requesters
United States. Government
Paperback. Books LLC, Reference Series 2011-09-30.
ISBN 9781234134976
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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)557266286 Subject: Government spending policy -- United States. Excerpt: ... One panel member questioned whether it was realistic to expect the effects of early childhood programs to persist through high school, especially for low-cost interventions; others noted that the study design did not meet the standard because it did not collect data a year after the intervention ended. In the end, a majority ( but not all ) of the panel accepted this intervention as top tier because the study found that effects persisted over all 3 program years, and they agreed to revise the language in the Checklist accordingly. Panel members disagreed on what constituted an important outcome. Two noted a pattern of effects in one study on cognitive and academic tests across ages 3, 5, 8, and 18. Another member did not consider cognitive tests an important enough outcome and pointed out that the effects diminished over time and did not lead to effects on other school-related behavioral outcomes such as special education placement or school drop-out. Another member thought it was unreasonable to expect programs for very young children ( ages 1 - 3 ) to show an effect on a child at age 18, given all their other experiences in the intervening years. A concern related to judging importance was whether and how to incorporate the cost of the intervention into the intervention assessment. On one hand, there was no mention of cost in the Checklist or intervention rating form. On the other hand, panel members frequently raised the issue when considering whether they were comfortable recommending the intervention to others. One aspect of this was proportionality: they might accept an outcome of less policy importance if the intervention was relatively inexpensive but would not if it was expensive. Additionally, one panel member feared that an expensive intervention that required a lot of trai
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