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103710 1 (1977-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxwd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DCCUMENT F!SUME 03710 - (B28340901 Expenditures, Problems, and Prospects of Management and Utilization of Proqram Evaluation. Cctob,r 6, 1977. 9 pp. + 8 appendices (51 pp.). Testimony before the Senate Committee on Human Resources; by Harry S. Havens, Director, Program Analysis Div:sion. Issue Area: Program Evaluation Systems: Information for Congress and the Public (2603). Cont&ct: Program Analysis Div. Budget Function: General Gcvernment: Other General Government (806). Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on Human Resources. Authority: Program Evaluation Act cf 1977; S. 2 (95th Cong.). Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In the last ten years, the most important stimulus for development of program evaluation capaility has been the Congress itself. This has been acccmplished by increasingly requiring evaluation of a program in the authorizing legislation, by considering proposals fer the Irovision of general evaluation capabilities for meeting Congressional needs, and by strengthening the evaluaticn role of the General Accounting Office. Evaluation processes and specific evaluation products still have many inherent problems, including: timeliness, relevance, inadequate data, analytical quality, incomprehensibility of repcrts, and inadequate followup. There seems to be no universal working definition of the term evaluation. Expectations are too high about the knowledge that can be qained from any given evaluation. Agencies need to make a greater effort to anticipate the needs of Cong.-ss, bat Congress should help by making clear its committees' oversight needs. It might be wise to have several different evaluations for any given progre.m. It must be recognized that different usors have different needs for evaluation. To assure credibility, evaluation results should be available for reanalysis by other evaluators. None of the prcblems of evaluation techniques are insarmountable. (Author/SS)

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