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Weighing the Evidence

In this age of measuring results, has evaluating a program's success become black and white?

What if a program is not producing the results desired, asks our colleague Feather O'Connor Houstoun at Management Insights.

Should state and local officials immediately scrap it? READ MORE.

Management Insights is published here on Governing.com in collaboration with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. The column is moderated by Stephen Goldsmith, a Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School (on leave), and deputy mayor of operations for the City of New York.

Elizabeth Daigneau is GOVERNING's managing editor.