FHCE 5100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Summary Judgment, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
10 Jun 2018
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Making and Evaluating Public Policy – Patten & Sawicki
The Public Policy Process
1. Pre-Policy Development
2. Policy Adoption
3. Policy Implementation
4. Policy Evaluation
• How should we, can we, will we evaluate how successful the policy is/was?
• Example: for the chocolate classroom policy – a survey or polygraph test
Criteria for Evaluating Our Treat Policy:
1. Definition of the policy: professor brings the agreed treat
2. Goals of the policy: teach/encourage student participation
3. The measurable objectives of the policy: did more students in the class talk
What Criteria Should We Use?
− Satisfaction
• Benefit provider: was Moorman satisfied?
• Benefit receiver: were we satisfied?
− Cost/Benefit
• My cost/benefit: Moorman spending $48
• Your cost/benefit: our weight gain, cavities and antioxidant increase
− Favorable Outcome
• Yours or mine
− Equity or efficiency?
• Did everyone get the same number? / Was picking out of the bag efficient?
− Consequences
• Now Moorman might not be able to pay rent
Analyzing Alternatives
− What does it cost?
• Opportunity costs – foregone best most likely alternative
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Making and Evaluating Public Policy – Patten & Sawicki
• Cost to other people
• Financial cost
• What other costs?
− Is it legal?
• Who is it directed toward legally?
− How complicated and costly would administration be?
• Who has to administer it?
− How politically acceptable is it?
• Does it cross party lines?
Policy Evaluation Terms
Impact Evaluation
− Evaluation to measure the impact a policy or program has on defined outcomes measures
− Example: a basketball bouncing out of bounds
Process Evaluation (implementation assessment)
− A form of program monitoring designed to determine whether the program is delivered as
intended to the targeted recipients
− Example: Foster Parent Training Program (Moorman evaluated this program as her job
Outcome Measures
− The outcomes are the factors that the program is expected to have affected
− For most active labor market policies typical outcomes would be: exit from benefits, entry
to work or training, household income, etc.
− Example: positive outcomes from TANF
− Example: student exit quizzes (used to see what students learned and retained)
The Eligible Population
− Those members of a population who are the target recipients of the program
− For voluntary programs the eligible population is usually defined as those eligible to
participate rather than those who do participate
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Document Summary
The public policy process: pre-policy development, policy adoption, policy implementation, policy evaluation, how should we, can we, will we evaluate how successful the policy is/was, example: for the chocolate classroom policy a survey or polygraph test. Criteria for evaluating our (cid:862)treat(cid:863) policy: definition of the policy: professor brings the agreed treat, goals of the policy: teach/encourage student participation, the measurable objectives of the policy: did more students in the class talk. Cost/benefit: my cost/benefit: moorman spending , your cost/benefit: our weight gain, cavities and antioxidant increase. Consequences: now moorman might not be able to pay rent. What does it cost: opportunity costs foregone best most likely alternative. Evaluation to measure the impact a policy or program has on defined outcomes measures. Example: a basketball bouncing out of bounds. A form of program monitoring designed to determine whether the program is delivered as intended to the targeted recipients. Example: foster parent training program (moorman evaluated this program as her job.
