Funding what works : exploring the role of research on effective programs and practices in government decision-making / Charles Bruner ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruner, Charles.

Child and Family Policy Center.

Center for Schools and Communities.

Series:

Resource brief (National Center for Service Integration) ; 10.

Resource brief / National Center for Service Integration ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States.

Evaluation research (Social action programs).

Human services--Government policy.

Human services.

United States.

Human services--Government policy--Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

50 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Des Moines, IA : National Center for Service Integration, Child and Family Policy Center ; Lemoyne, PA : Center for Schools and Communities, [2001?]

Contents:

The role of evidence in improving outcomes for children / Lisbeth Schorr

Research-based programs and issues of implementation / Mark Greenberg

Research and policy : a cross-national perspective / Michael Little

Making progress : learning and public accountability / Heather Weiss

Developing outcome-based initiatives : a foundation perspective / Cynthia Guy

At the ground level : state and community perspectives

Summing up : points of consensus on using research in government decision-making / Charles Bruner.

Notes:

Cover title.

Presentations from a research symposium held on May 18, 2001 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was co-sponsored by the National Center for Service Integration and the Center for Schools and Communities.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-18).

OCLC:

49905332