Managing for Results

10. Evaluation Policies

Does the state have evaluation policies and a learning agenda to support the building and use of evidence?

The state has evaluation policies and a learning agenda that outline the principles, people, and activities to use evidence to improve results.

Minnesota

Leading Example

In 2018, Minnesota Management and Budget adopted an evaluation policy, which governs its use of evaluations and requires the public release of all completed evaluation reports regardless of findings. The policy outlines key principles for evaluation: rigor, relevance, independence, transparency, and ethics. Part of this requires pre-registration of evaluations and final results. Once complete, evaluations become a part of Minnesota’s Inventory, which shows the evidence base for 730 state interventions, and allows for sorting based on level of evidence, service population, settings, and outcomes.

Issue Areas: Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, Economic Mobility, Education, Equity, Health

Promising Examples

Colorado

Colorado

Kentucky

Kentucky

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Maryland

Maryland

Mississippi

Mississippi

Oregon

Oregon

Tennessee

Tennessee

Utah

Utah

Washington

Washington