Results for America partners with state and local education leaders to find, fund and implement solutions that drive progress for students nationwide. Our goal is to make proven approaches easier to implement and easier to scale—so more dollars flow to what works.
Our Ed Lab has supported results-driven education leaders in the following ways:
Spending Guides and Solutions Sprints
Government grantmaking can be a powerful tool. Results for America’s Education Evidence-Based Spending Guide offers state education agency (SEA) leaders strategies to build and use evidence to improve outcomes through their grantmaking programs.
Our team organizes Solutions Sprints — action-oriented learning experiences designed to help education leaders implement effective solutions. Each Solutions Sprint offers: collaboration to connect with a network of peers and partners across sectors; knowledge to gain insights from expert facilitators and case studies; and action plans to leave equipped with the tools and strategies to drive impact in your jurisdiction. Our High-Impact Tutoring Sprint and Summer Learning Sprint have helped dozens of education leaders learn to effectively implement and sustainably fund these evidence-based solutions.
Shifting Dollars Technical Assistance℠
Results for America’s Shifting Dollars Technical Assistance℠ helps government leaders drive public funds to more effective solutions. We help state education agencies and school districts align funding decisions with evidence—influencing how resources are allocated, prioritized, and sustained so that more funding supports programs that improve outcomes.
Our Ed Lab team helped education leaders implement the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which required and encouraged the use of evidence-based approaches to improve student outcomes.
Invest in What Works State Education Fellows Program
Results for America’s Invest in What Works State Education Fellows program, founded in December 2017, has helped senior program and evaluation leaders from state education agencies accelerate their generation and use of evidence.
By supporting these innovative leaders who oversee states’ key education programs and evaluation efforts, Results for America elevated “invest in what works” champions all across the country. These state leaders are now part of a growing coalition of education leaders committed to building and using evidence and data to improve education outcomes.
Education Briefs and Case Studies
Results for America has developed a series of evidence-based tools to equip education leaders to tackle the most important challenges in the field.
EdResearch for Action – a joint initiative of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University and Results for America – partnered with leading researchers to create briefs, case studies and toolkits provide education leaders with practical guidance and actionable steps for designing and implementing evidence-based programs.
Our Economic Mobility Catalog highlights evidence-based strategies that advance kindergarten readiness, elementary and middle school success, high school graduation, and postsecondary enrollment and graduation.
Education Reports
As part of the Ed Lab, Results for America has developed a suite of policy reports and online resources to help state and local leaders improve K-12 education:
Education Policy Reports
Resources for States & School Districts
RFA has developed the following materials to help states and school districts better understand and successfully implement the ESSA evidence provisions:
ESSA Evidence Fact Sheet: A brief 2-page description of the evidence provisions in ESSA.
Evidence in ESSA Explainer: A brief visual graphic of the evidence provisions.
ESSA Evidence Power Point: Everything you need to know about ESSA’s evidence provisions, including: a description of the opportunities in ESSA, a description of the evidence provisions, actions states and districts can take, and a review of school improvement requirements, all in an easy-to-read PowerPoint deck.
ESSA Evidence Provisions: An exhaustive list of every evidence provision in ESSA, including the section in the law where it occurs.
Webinar with AASA: “Leveraging ESSA’s Evidence Provisions to Help Every Student Succeed.” This webinar is designed for superintendents and school leaders to help them carry out the ESSA evidence provisions.
Meet the State Education Fellows: More information on the senior program and evaluation leaders participating in RFA’s State Education Fellows program.
Invest in What Works Federal Policy Recommendations
Results for America and members of the Invest in What Works coalition have developed the following federal policy recommendations to ensure the most effective and efficient implementation of the ESSA evidence provisions:
January 25, 2016 Invest in What Works Coalition Policy Recommendations to the U.S. Department of Education regarding suggested Title I regulations