Why Do We Ask for Program Evaluation?...Because We're Accountable

• What gets measured get’s done



• If you don’t measure success, you can’t reward it



• If you can’t reward success, you’re probably rewarding failure



• If you can’t see success, you can’t learn from it



• If you can’t recognize failure, you can’t correct it



• If you can demonstrate results, you can win public support

• Osborne & Gabler (1992) in Reinventing Government
• As summarized by Ellen Taylor Powell -U of Wisc Extension