Jump to:Page Content
You are seeing this message because your web browser does not support basic web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing and what you can do to make your experience on this site better.
The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
Volume II, Number 1, Winter 1996 Issue Topic: Results-Based AccountabilityThis 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. |
An introduction to the issue on Results-Based Accountability by HFRP's Founder & Director, Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
Theory & PracticeKaren Horsch of Harvard Family Research Project provides an overview of accountability systems, including their opportunities and challenges.
Theory & PracticeHarvard Family Research Project presents brief descriptions of Minnesota and Oregon's results-based accountability systems.
Beyond Basic TrainingThe 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.
Promising PracticesKristen Moore and Brett Brown of Child Trends outline the field of child indicators in the 1990s.
Promising PracticesNancy Dunton of the New York State Department of Social Services discusses the challenges to data capacity for outcome-based accountability.
Questions & AnswersSusan 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.
Evaluations to WatchJean Layzer, Project Director of Abt Associates, examines theories of change in family support programs.
A list of new resources on results-based accountability.
A list of useful resources on the Internet.
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange was published by Harvard Family Research Project. All rights reserved. This periodical may not be reproduced whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. To request reprint permission or multiple hard copies of the issue email hfrp_pubs@gse.harvard.edu.
Harvard Family Research Project gratefully acknowledges the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of Harvard Family Research Project and do not necessarily reflect the view of our funders.