The Results for America’s Blueprint for Delivering Results in State Government is designed to provide state government leaders with the information they need to incorporate evidence and data into their state’s most critical budget, policy, and management decisions. The Blueprint is based on the idea that evidence and data can be key tools in helping governments deliver equitable outcomes for residents in states across the country.
This Blueprint is an implementation guide for Results for America’s Invest in What Works State Standard of Excellence (State Standard of Excellence). The State Standard of Excellence sets a national benchmark for how state governments can use evidence and data to achieve better outcomes for their residents, whereas the Blueprint for Delivering Results in State Government (Blueprint) provides state governments with specific implementation strategies and actions for consistently and effectively using evidence and data to get better results.