WASHINGTON – Results for America (RFA) CEO and Co-Founder Michele Jolin issued the following statement today in support of the evidence-based policy provisions in H.R. 2353, the bipartisan “Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act,” which was reported to the U.S. House by the U.S. House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee today:
“Results for America commends the U.S. House of Representatives for taking bipartisan action to use data and evidence to improve the career and technical education (CTE) of our nation’s students. We applaud the inclusion of an evidence-based innovation fund and Pay for Success provisions in the “Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.” We also commend the requirement to evaluate the evidence base of CTE programs. These policy provisions will help states and local school districts better use data and evidence to improve student outcomes and to help to align workforce skills with labor market needs. Bipartisan action like this demonstrates growing momentum for taking a Moneyball approach to governing.”
H.R. 2353 would authorize a new Innovation Grant Program to help states, local school districts, and their partners create, develop, implement, or take to scale evidence-based and innovative strategies to improve student outcomes in career and technical education. The legislation would also allow Innovation Grant recipients to use their awarded funds to invest in Pay for Success initiatives. RFA worked with members of the Invest in What Works coalition to support these provisions.
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Results for America is helping decision-makers at all levels of government harness evidence and data to make progress on great challenges. Our mission is to make investing in what works the “new normal,” so that when policymakers make decisions, they start by seeking the best evidence and data available, then use what they find to get better results.
In November, 2014, Results for America published Moneyball for Government, the national bestselling book that brings together a group of bipartisan leaders and makes the case for government at all levels to inform public policy and funding decisions by using the best possible data, evidence and evaluation about what works. In January, 2016, RFA published the second edition of Moneyball for Government featuring a new bipartisan chapter about the importance of using data and evidence to drive U.S. foreign assistance. Go to www.results4america.org for more information about Results for America.
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