Opportunities for program evaluators to facilitate performance-based management

Relationships between program evaluation and performance measurement are receiving greater attention as federal, state and local agencies are required to set objectives, then to collect data to document their results. This paper draws on interviews in 13 federal agencies to illustrate a framework showing the many potential uses of evaluation in support of performance management. Ten actions are suggested as opportunities for agency administrators and evaluators to bridge the current gaps between the potential and actual uses of evaluation.