The knowledge pool: Measurement challenges in evaluating fundamental research programs
The knowledge pool: Measurement challenges in evaluating fundamental research programs
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DOI：
10.1016/s0149-7189(96)00038-9
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发表时间：
1997-02-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Cozzens, SE
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作者：
Cozzens, SE
《政府绩效和结果法》（GPRA）要求所有美国联邦机构设定可衡量的目标，并报告它们是否实现了这些目标。这些要求迫使研究机构进行权衡。它们要么在报告业绩时注重短期、可衡量的过程，而忽视研究为经济和社会带来的长期利益，要么寻求摆脱法律的衡量要求。本文回顾了GPRA通过之前的绩效测量和评估过程，并讨论了将这些实践融入GPRA框架的困难。它为研究项目提供了一个简单的逻辑模型，突出了在建立国家科学和工程基础的活动中什么是可测量的，什么是不可测量的。出版社：Elsevier Science Ltd
The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) requires all U.S. federal agencies to set measurable goals and report on whether they are meeting them. These requirements force a tradeoff for research agencies. Either they focus on short-term, measurable processes in reporting their performance and neglect the long-term benefits that research produces for economy and society, or they seek relief from the measurement requirements of the law. This article reviews the stale of the art in performance measures and assessment processes before GPRA was passed, and discusses the difficulties in fitting these practices into the GPRA framework. It offers a simple logic model for research programs that highlights what is measurable and what is not with regard to activities that build a national science and engineering base. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.