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1. Strategic Goals

The Colorado Governor’s Office dashboard outlines four high-priority strategic goals: tax reform and economic development; energy and renewables; health; and education and the workforce. Each goal is aligned with a subset of measurable metrics and goals and the strategies for accomplishing them.

2. Performance Management / Continuous Improvement

A 2013 Washington State Executive Order established Results Washington within the Governor’s office as “an innovative, data-driven, performance management initiative, that will drive the operations of state government.”

A 2018 Connecticut law formalized the position of Chief Data Officer, created the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board, and required each state agency to designate an agency data officer to manage high value data sets and coordinate data-related activities with the state Chief Data Officer.

4. Data Policies / Agreements

The Washington Education Research and Data Center has a memorandum of understanding which identifies how data will be collected and shared among partners with a strong focus on protecting individual privacy.

The Indiana Management Performance Hub, overseen by the state’s Chief Data Officer, houses the integrated Education and Workforce Development database, which brings together data from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, the Indiana Department of Education, the Department of Workforce Development, and the Family and Social Services Administration.

6. Evaluation Leadership

The Director of the Ohio Department of Education’s Office of Research, Evaluation and Advanced Analytics is responsible for helping educational leaders across the state recognize, gather, analyze, evaluate, and leverage data to solve problems and improve student outcomes.

7. Evaluation Policies

In 2018, Minnesota Management and Budget adopted an evaluation policy, which governs its use of evaluations and requires the release of all completed evaluation reports regardless of findings.

8. Evaluation Resources

Results for America was not able to identify any states with leading or promising examples for this criteria. No examples were identified in 2018 either.

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9. Outcome Data

The 2013 Colorado State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive and Transparent Government (SMART) Act required all Colorado state agencies to submit annual performance reports to the Colorado state legislature as part of the state’s budget process.

10. Evidence Definition and Program Inventory

Under a 2015 Minnesota law (section 13), Minnesota Management and Budget has developed numerous inventories of evidence-based programs, including in the areas of criminal justice, mental health, child welfare, and higher education.

11. Cost-Benefit Analysis

A 2013 Washington State law directed the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP), to compile an inventory of existing programs; determine whether its programs were evidence-based; assess the effectiveness of its programs, including conducting a cost-benefit analysis; and phase out ineffective programs and implement evidence-based programs.

12. Use of Evidence in Grant Programs

Since 2017, the Nevada Department of Education has allocated 100% of the state’s $8.5 million in federal Title I school improvement funds to districts and schools for interventions backed by strong, moderate, or promising evidence.

The California Government Operations Agency (GovOps), which serves as an umbrella organization for the state’s innovation work, is designed to institutionalize policies, tools, and training that can drive its mission to modernize the processes of government through lean process improvement, data, leadership, and performance improvement.

14. Contracting for Outcomes

Since 2015, Rhode Island’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) has worked to reform and restructure the department’s procurement processes.

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15. Repurpose for Results

Since 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has set performance targets for its community corrections program through performance-based contracts.

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