Research Assessment: Literature Analysis and Colloquium

在过去十年中， 利用国家研究管理工具，包括 战略规划、技术评估和绩效 评价作为这一套的基本要素，回顾性 在计划层面的研究评估，已经收到越来越多的 在大多数工业化国家， 也许，除了美国。 研究评估可能会在以下方面引起更大的兴趣： 美国在未来几年，这个项目将提供一个 对过去评估研究的系统概述，以及对 过去评估结果的用途。 的 该项目将分两个阶段进行：第一， 第一，过去研究中采用的方法;第二， 这些方法与改进建议，以适应美国。 上下文 第二阶段将以座谈会结束， 在华盛顿，华盛顿特区举行，包括决策者，分析师， 研究经理和评估专家。

Over the past decade, considerable experience has accumulated in using the tools of national research management, including strategic planning, technology assessment, and performance evaluation. As an essential element of this set, retrospective research assessment at the program level, has received increasing attention among decision makers and managers in most industrialized nations--except perhaps the United States. Research assessment is likely to be of greater interest in the United States in the years ahead and this project will provide a systematic overview of past assessment studies, plus an examination of the uses to which past assessment results have been put. The project will proceed in two phases: first, a codification of approaches taken in past studies, and second, an evaluation of those approaches with suggestions for improvement to fit the U.S. context. The second stage will culminate in a colloquium, to be held in Washington, D.C., involving decision makers, analysts, research managers, and assessment experts.