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Rapid-cycle evaluation is another relatively recent development within the broader field of program evaluation. In part because of its nascency, it is not yet fully or definitively defined. Some scholars assert that rapid-cycle evaluation must be experimental in nature, whereas others define it as any quick turnaround evaluation activity that provides feedback to ongoing program development and improvement. Regardless, rapid-cycle evaluations that use an experimental evaluation design are relevant to this book. In order to be quick-turnaround, these evaluations tend to involve questions similar to those asked by nudge or opportunistic experiments and outcomes that can be measured in the short term and still be meaningful. Furthermore, the data that inform impact analyses for rapid-cycle evaluations tend to come from administrative sources that are already in existence and therefore quicker to collect and analyze than would be the case for survey or other, new primary data.