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In this paper, the author argues that the federal government's role in vocational and technical education needs to include greater emphasis on systematically testing promising strategies and interventions and subjecting them to rigorous evaluations of their effects, implementation, costs, and benefits. The paper is presented in three sections: the first section provides a rationale for focusing the federal role on systematic innovation and rigorous evaluation; the second section outlines a general framework for systematic innovation and rigorous evaluation; and the third section outlines strategies for shifting the federal role to focus more on these principles.