03818nam a2200457 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001500112020001800127040002100145035002100166043001200187050002400199110003700223245024700260246004500507260005800552300002300610500016400633504004100797505016200838520144301000533015202443610007202595650005702667650004802724650006702772650005402839655002902893700003002922700002702952700002102979710010303000710009703103710001703200856012603217999001703343ebr10554786CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120502s2012    dcua    sb    000 0 eng d  z  2011278284  z030922229X  z9780309222297  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)794491565  an-us---14aHV1553b.N38 2012eb2 aNational Research Council (U.S.)10aReview of disability and rehabilitation researchh[electronic resource] :bNIDRR grantmaking processes and products /cJeanne C. Rivard, Mary Ellen O'Connell, and David H. Wegman, editors ; National Research Council of the National Academies.30aNIDRR grantmaking processes and products  aWashington, D.C. :bNational Academies Press,cc2012.  axi, 346 p. :bill.  a"Committee on the External Evaluation of NIDRR and Its Grantees, Board on Human-Systems Integration, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education."  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aIntroduction -- Evaluation scope and methods -- NIDRR's priority-setting processes -- NIDRR's peer review process -- Grant mangement -- Summative evaluation.  a"The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is the principal federal agency supporting applied research, training, and development to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. NIDRR's mission is to generate new knowledge and promote its effective use in improving the ability of persons with disabilities to perform activities of their choice in the community, as well as to expand society's capacity to provide full opportunities and accommodations for its citizens with disabilities. NIDRR prides itself on being proactive in establishing program performance measures and developing accountability data systems to track the progress of its grantees. An electronic annual reporting system is used to collect data from grantees on many aspects of grant operation and outputs. Various formative and summative evaluation approaches have been used to assess the quality of the performance and results of the agency's research portfolio and its grantees. Prompted by the need to provide more data on its program results, in 2009 NIDRR requested that the National Research Council (NRC) conduct an external evaluation of some of the agency's key processes and assess the quality of outputs produced by NIDRR grantees (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 2009a). Review of Disability and Rehabilitation Research presents the results of that evaluation"--Publisher's description.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.20aNational Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (U.S.) 0aRehabilitationxResearchzUnited StatesxEvaluation. 0aResearch grantszUnited StatesxEvaluation. 0aPeople with disabilitiesxResearchzUnited StatesxEvaluation. 0aOutcome assessment (Medical care)zUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aRivard, Jeanne Catherine.1 aO'Connell, Mary Ellen.1 aWegman, David H.2 aNational Research Council (U.S.).bCommittee on the External Evaluation of NIDRR and Its Grantees.2 aNational Research Council (U.S.).bDivision of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10554786zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c91801d91801