An Alternate Route to Policy Influence
How Evaluations Affect D.A.R.E
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12470918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Hirschon Weiss (Harvard University), Erin Murphy‐graham (0000-0001-8351-2244, Harvard University), Sarah Birkeland (Harvard University) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 12-30 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1098214004273337 |
| OpenAlex | W2139116257 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 70 |
| References cited | 30 |
Investigators of the influence of evaluations on policy decisions have noted three main routes to influence: instrumental, conceptual, and political/symbolic. This study, an inquiry into the effect of evaluations of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, found a fourth main way that evaluations exert an influence: imposed use. The Safe and Drug Free Schools office of the U.S. Department of Education obliged districts to select a program that met its “Principles of Effectiveness,” which most districts construed to mean that the program had to be on the department’s approved list. Because results of D.A.R.E. evaluations repeatedly showed that D.A.R.E.’s effectiveness on knowledge and attitudes was neither sustained nor led to lower use of drugs, D.A.R.E. did not make the “lists.” Hence, many districts dropped or scaled back D.A.R.E. This kind of imposed use is likely to become more common when government agencies make greater demands for accountability
Accountability · Drug education · Government (linguistics · Medical education · Political science · Politics · Program evaluation · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Substance abuse · Applied Psychology · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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Beyond Use
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| Unique citing works | 70 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 70 |