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The effectiveness of federal programs is often unknown. Many programs operate for decades without undergoing thorough scientific evaluations.

Last week, the House Budget Committee proposed spending almost $3.8 trillion in Fiscal Year 2016 — one-fifth of the country’s total economic output. Yet much of that huge amount will be spent with little regard to efficiency and accountability. The sad truth is that, for many federal programs, we have no way of knowing whether they are working well, poorly or not at all. It is not uncommon for programs to operate for decades — with total costs running to tens and hundreds of billions — without ever undergoing thorough scientific evaluations.

The evidenced-based policy movement seeks to inform policymakers through scientifically rigorous evaluations of government programs.