@article{459459,
      recid = {459459},
      author = {Rivard, Jeanne Catherine. and O'Connell, Mary Ellen. and  Wegman, David H.},
      title = {Review of disability and rehabilitation research NIDRR  grantmaking processes and products / [electronic resource]  :},
      publisher = {National Academies Press,},
      address = {Washington, D.C. :},
      pages = {xi, 346 p. :},
      year = {2012},
      note = {"Committee on the External Evaluation of NIDRR and Its  Grantees, Board on Human-Systems Integration, Division of  Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education."},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/459459},
}