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Using a crystal ball instead of a rear‐view mirror: Helping state legislators assess the future impacts of major federal legislation
Author(s) -
Alter Joel,
Patterson John
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.209
Subject(s) - legislation , legislature , agency (philosophy) , public administration , political science , state (computer science) , law and economics , law , economics , sociology , computer science , algorithm , social science
This chapter discusses the possible use of prospective evaluation by a legislative oversight agency. It illustrates reasons and methods for estimating future impacts of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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