Can data help improve underperforming schools?
There has always been a big focus in the nonprofit community on helping improve public schools in America. Recently, I have seen a lot of information written about how foundations and others are helping schools use data to learn about what works and to drive results.
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All of that said, I have a question. What process, methodology, approach do you recommend for government organizations to use in aligning their budget to their balanced scorecard?
Clearly monitoring these data are not a strategy - you are right in that there is a need for an underlying strategy. No Child Left Behind suggests some measures that might point the way to diagnose the problem but the solution lies below that. We need insight into the driver measures that can turn these results around. Why is it that KIPP schools have closed the achievement gap for minority students? well it is their focus on instruction. Let's gain some insight into strategy by looking at the type of teachers, quality of curriculum and competetiveness of pay.
A few government agencies have taken the step to closely align the budgeting process with the strategy. they have done so by apportioning funds to the major components of hte strategy - often called themes. The FBI, for instance, clearly aligns expenditures with the major components of the strategy map. The US Army used a similar if less rigorous approach. The key point is to begin with the strategy and move dollars accordingly.
On January 7, 2009 the American Council for Technology - Industry Advisory Council(Transition Study Group)-Just released a white paper entitled "New Strategic Performance Integrated Process Needed". This white paper outlines the method of integrating budgeting and strategy in some detail based upon the principles outlined in "Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Completetive Advantage" It takes the budgeting process and places the strategy or performance improvement plan in the center of the planning process to ensure decisions are made throughout the process based on the strategy.
Do you know where I can get a copy of the white paper from American Council for Technology - Industry Advisory Council (Transition Study Group)? A little hard to come by searching the Internet.
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