One Significant Difficulty with Assessing the Effectiveness of Government Agencies

Multiple Choice

One significant difficulty with assessing the effectiveness of government agencies is that government often allows them to set their own standards for what constitutes acceptable outcomes. Which of the following is one way in which this can be fixed?

A) Give initial grants to states where the problems are too big to motivate compliance
B) Give the federal government sufficient bureaucratic manpower to analyze the data it needs to make good decisions
C) Question the constitutionality of such agencies' agendas
D) Ensure evaluations are objective through evidence-based policymaking
E) Ensure evaluations are subjective through a focus on the biggest problem areas first