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This paper describes the development and the tools used to create a multi-year strategic evaluation plan for a multi-program Federal Agency. Using the theory based Impact Evaluation Framework for Technology Deployment developed by Reed, Jordan and Vine (2007), a comprehensive and integrated multi-year plan tuned to agency priorities was developed. The plan simplifies the complex. It is strategic, theory guided, integrated across diverse program elements, multi-year to facilitate budgeting, and adaptable to rapidly changing priorities. The paper highlights both the development process and the results including a discussion of the context, program logic, evaluation issues, evaluation questions, high-level descriptions of priority evaluation activities, a timeline, and a budget.
Reed, John H. Gretchen Jordan, and Ed Vine. Impact Evaluation Framework for Technology Deployment Programs: An Approach for Quantifying Retrospective Energy Savings, Clean Energy Advances, and Market Effects. (Main Report) Washington DC: US Department of Energy. 2007.
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