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The Guide to Results-Based Accountability: Annotated Bibliography of Publications, Websites, and Other Resources
In addition to summarizing noteworthy articles, research papers, unpublished reports, and books on results-based accountability (RBA), this guide includes a section on RBA sites on the Internet. It includes perspectives from both private and public sectors on how to develop and implement results-based accountability systems, academic literature on RBA theories, and information on how states and localities are developing and implementing RBA systems.
Reaching Results in Different Ways
Diane Schilder of Harvard Family Research Project identifies key issues in the successful design of RBA systems.
Overview of Results-Based Accountability: Components of RBA
This brief defines results-based accountability (RBA) as a management tool that can facilitate collaboration among human service agencies, as a method of decentralizing services, and as an innovative regulatory process and explores the components of RBA systems. The brief also shows how RBA can be developed and used at different levels: state, community, agency, or program.
Canadian Social Services Senior Managers Forum
Diane Schilder of Harvard Family Research Project reports on findings from the recent Social Services Senior Managers Forum, held in Alberta, Canada.
From the Director's Desk
An introduction to the issue on Results-Based Accountability by HFRP's Founder & Director, Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
State Results-Based Accountability Initiatives
Diane Schilder and Anne Brady of Harvard Family Research Project summarize the challenges noted by the policymakers, practitioners, and program directors interviewed in Minnesota, Oregon, and other states developing new results-based accountability systems.
Iowa's Budgeting for Results
Harvard Family Research Project reveals how Iowa is implementing Budgeting for Results in executive branch agencies and programs to answer citizens' demands for greater accountability in government.
Results-Based Accountability #2
Minnesota and Oregon were among the first states in the nation to develop results-based accountability systems and, as such, have addressed many of the challenges that other states are facing. In this issue of The Evaluation Exchange we share our preliminary analysis of issues arising in the early implementation of these new systems and we include articles by those developing and implementing results-based accountability systems.
Key Stages and Common Themes in Outcome Measurement
Nancy McDaniel from the American Humane Association (AHA) outlines the AHA's work to help child welfare professionals clearly demonstrate the results of their work.
The System Accountability Project for Children's Mental Health: Understanding Outcome Information in Context
Mario Hernandez and Sharon Hodges from the System Accountability Project for Children's Mental Health describe the project's goal to better understand the impact that utilizing measurable outcomes has on the planning and delivery of services.
Interview With Kathy Martin
Kathy Martin, Chief Operating Officer for Caring Communities on Missouri, shares lessons learned on how to design and implement a result-based accountability system.
Results-Based Accountability Systems: Opportunities and Challenges
Karen Horsch of Harvard Family Research Project provides an overview of accountability systems, including their opportunities and challenges.
Results-Based Accountability Systems in Practice: Oregon and Minnesota
Harvard Family Research Project presents brief descriptions of Minnesota and Oregon's results-based accountability systems.
Professional Development Opportunities & Resources
The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health (RTC), in partnership with the Judge Baker Technical Assistance Center, will be offering technical assistance on outcomes, system accountability, and the self-evaluation method.
Indicators of Child and Family Well-Being
Kristen Moore and Brett Brown of Child Trends outline the field of child indicators in the 1990s.
Challenges to Data Capacity for Outcome-Based Accountability
Nancy Dunton of the New York State Department of Social Services discusses the challenges to data capacity for outcome-based accountability.
Education Outcome-Based Accountability Systems: Challenges and Lessons
Susan Fuhrman, Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, answers three questions on the challenges—political, technical, and financial—states face in developing accountability systems.
Building Theories of Change in Family Support Programs
Jean Layzer, Project Director of Abt Associates, examines theories of change in family support programs.
New & Noteworthy
A list of new resources on results-based accountability.
Results-Based Accountability #1
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's quarterly evaluation periodical, explores results-based accountability. The issue includes an overview of accountability systems, discussing both the opportunities and challenges they present, as well as HFRP's preliminary findings from our Results-Based Accountability Project, which is studying the approaches of several states in designing and implementing accountability systems.
From the Director's Desk
An introduction to the issue on Results-Based Accountability by HFRP's Founder & Director, Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
Systems Reform
This inaugural issue of The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's quarterly evaluation periodical, focuses on evaluating systems reform.
Challenges in Evaluating Systems Reform
Kathleen Shaw, Senior Researcher at Harvard Family Research Project, summarizes a new HFRP work in progress, Systems Reform: Challenges for Evaluation Research.