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Economic Development Programs and Investments Review of Evaluation Practices in Washington State

I. Introduction-Economic Development and Program Evaluation

The Washington State Legislature, in its reauthorization of the Washington Economic Development Commission (SB 5741), directed the WEDC to carry out rigorous assessments of the state’s economic development system on an annual basis, beginning in 2012.

However, because there is currently insufficient data to conduct a scientifically based outcome analysis, we are unable to achieve this standard at this time.

Instead, we begin by assessing the state of evaluation practices among state-funded programs, and provide recommendations for how this higher standard of evaluation can be achieved in the future.

The report is the first of a series and assesses the extent to which data collection and program performance tracking can uncover causal relationships between economic development programmatic investments and initiatives and broader, desired outcomes specific to economic growth, such as gains in good paying jobs, business output and productivity, and measures of standards of living.

This report reviews existing approaches and best practices across other states for executing net impact analysis of programs, presents the framework for guiding our own analysis, presents five case studies of economic development investments and assesses the extent to which causal connections to outcomes can be verified.

We conclude with a set of evaluation guidelines and key questions for agency directors to utilize in managing their programs.

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