The concept of "quality of state programs" is not used in the normative legal acts (NLA) regulating the activities in the sphere of development and implementation of state programs and their structural elements. However, there is a need to assess the quality of state programs of the Russian Federation as a detector of their impact on the socio-economic development of the country, more precisely, on the desired trajectory of development. The article proposes an innovative methodology for assessing the quality of state programs with a description of its main procedures and assessment methods. The methodology can be used in the activities of authorized federal executive bodies responsible for state programs.