Social Program Implementation

List of ContributorsPrefaceI. An Overview of Implementation 1. Introduction Organization of the Volume 2. Implementation Problems in Federally Funded Programs The Long Process from Policy to Operations The Policy and Operations Spheres Responsibility for Implementation in a Federal Social Agency The Implications of the New Federalism for Implementation Some Future Directions for Federal Funding PolicyII. Education Programs 3. Incentives for Innovation in the Public Schools Introduction: The Institutional Setting Consequences for Dissemination of Innovations in the Public Schools From Innovation to Implementation Implications for Educational R&D References 4. Title V of ESEA: The Impact of Discretionary Funds on State Education Bureaucracies Title V Background Exploring Title V: Assessment of the Program's Impact Title V Outcomes: An Explanation Some Working Hypotheses Implications References 5. Follow Through Planned Variation Planned Variation, Policy Research, and Implementation Social Action and Experimentation Selection of Sites and Assignment of Models Selection and Specification of Program Models Model Implementation The Use of Evaluation Results Conclusions 6. Planned Variation from the Perspective of a Model Sponsor Development of the Model Field Implementation as Teacher Training Early Expectations Problems in In-Service Training Counterforces Implementation: The Realities Constraints on Model-Implementation The Brighter Side Our Mini-Planned Variation Study, 1968-70 The Value of Comparing Models Implications for Planned Variation Research Appendix: Research Dissemination System 7. Is Real-World Experimentation Possible? The Case of Educational Performance Contracting The Climate for the Experiment Design and Results Implementation Difficulties Lessons from the Experience 8. Implementation as Mutual Adaptation: Change in Classroom Organization Case Illustrations Summary and General ImplicationsIII. Community-Oriented Programs 9. Making a New Federal Program: Model Cities, 1964-68 The Program's Origins The Program's First Years Concluding Observations Sources and Readings 10. Washington: Angry Citizens and an Ambitious Plan Getting Started with Project One Planning the New Town In Pursuit of Action The Logue Plan The Federal Response The Future of Fort Lincoln Federal Disabilities: The Central Government as Social ActivistIV. Transfer Payment Programs 11. The Implementation of SSI: Guaranteed Income or Welfare? SSA Implementation Strategy The Impact of SSI on Other Parts of HEW SSI and the StatesV. Implementation Analysis and Assessment Efforts 12. Implementation Analysis and Assessment Key Terms and Crosscutting Issues Techniques of Implementation Analysis and Assessment Research on Implementation Concluding ObservationsIndex