Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, points out that the use of data in decision making eliminates any bias from organization decisions. McAfee associates the decisions made by collecting, analyzing, and utilizing this data in strategic decision making to the decisions made by business leaders. He emphasizes the importance of [...]
Ready by 21: Results Based Planning for Communities Using Ready by 21 Standards and Strategies This slide deck resource applies the Ready by 21 Assertions to RBA planning for communities. Readiness for and success in college, work and life are determined by more than academic success in high school. Therefore: Investments in readiness should start before birth and continue into the mid‐twenties. Indicators of readiness should include not only measures of academic success and risky behaviors and circumstances, but also measures of developmental competencies.. Improvements in readiness require improvements in the Settings and systems where young people spend their time. The capacity for improvement rests within the community’s leaders – individuals from youth and family members to volunteers to elected officials who regularly take the initiative to spark change. Download the complete presentation here.
Performance Accountability for Programs Agencies and Service Systems Who are our customers, clients, people we serve? (e.g children in a child care program) How can we measure if our customers/clients are better off? (performance measures about client results – e.g. percent of children with good literacy skills) How can we measure if we are delivering [...]
This is one of ten questions that Mark Friedman personally answers from the exclusive interview conducted for the Results Accountability Workshop DVD. The interview is just one of many features in understanding the Results Accountability Framework and applying it to the everyday operations.
Clear Impact President, Phil Lee, kicks off the Montgomery County (MD) Healthy and Sustainable Communities workshop on June 25, 2008 with an overview of how Results-Based Accountability™ principles would be applied to the facilitated break-out sessions.
In astrology, when the stars or planets align, something special is about to happen. So too, it can be argued, that when the federal, state and local players in children and family services agree on what needs to be done that this “alignment” could foretell important changes in the lives of children, hopefully for the [...]
Here are 11 things a legislature could consider to change the way people work together, and to improve the measurable well-being of children, families and communities. 1. Create a special committee to assess the overall well-being of children and families: There is no need to start by changing the existing committee structure. It may make sense, [...]
The Short Answer 1. Partner with contractors in developing the system of reporting. 2. Establish a moratorium on penalties until the system has operated for 3 years. 3. Use non-cash rewards 4. Create safeguards against unintended consequences and perverse incentives, 5. Disseminate best practice information. 6. Operate the system with low visibility until you [...]
