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Policy Evaluation and Feedback
Over the past seven weeks, we have discussed various stages in the policy making process. We focus on how policies are evaluated once they are enacted and how we provide feedback to stakeholders on the effects. Although the policy making process is circular, the evaluation and feedback stage is both the end and beginning of the cycle. It is critical to evaluate if policies are effective at achieving their goals. Those evaluations will usually lead to another round of policy analysis and development. A key question is how best to provide feedback to stakeholders, particularly legislators, on the results of policies that are implemented and what evaluations of policy are determined.
In this discussion, consider what types of information and data are best to provide to stakeholders about policy changes and the most effective strategies for conveying the information that will result in necessary adaptations. Use the following questions to help guide your initial response:
- Who should be responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of enacted policies?
- What do different stakeholders need to hear regarding the effectiveness of enacted policy changes?
- What types of communications are best to convey information on policy effectiveness to stakeholders?
- What specifically do legislators need to hear about the effectiveness of policies, and what is the best way to convey this information to them?
- What should be done if the impacts of an enacted policy are markedly different from what was expected?
- What role should policy analysts play in the policy evaluation and feedback process?