The story of Connecticut?s use of results-based accountability to ensure better outcomes for young children. Features Rep. Diana Urban, Janice Gruendel, the governor?s senior policy advisor on early childhood, and David Nee, Executive Director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.
May 8th, 2009
$100 Billion Dollars, from $787 Billion Dollar stimulus package, of funding has been directed to education for all ages and is considered a “down payment” on many expansions to come. The press has posted many plans from states like Maryland focusing on special needs programs and cushion the $120 Million dollar reduction to only $21.4 Million in cuts. Atlanta Public School Administration will use a portion to repay the teachers who worked one day pay-free to raise funds in education materials.
There has been a sense of relief nation-wide as funding is now being sent to the States and Education systems to start utilizing immediately. Since the funding is considered a “down payment” forecasting more funding dedicated to early childhood programs and education systems, a concern for lack of strategic management tools or planning are not included or mentioned with all of these plans.
Results Leadership Group has released the “Results Scorecard Software” and is focusing on early childhood programs implementing the strategic management tool to maximize the current funding and prepare planning in future funding. All though there is no guaranteed amount of future funding, the Results Based Accountability method and software improves communication of any current strategies, measures progress from “turning the curve” and stimulates long term strategic planning and organization.
Montgomery County in Maryland has been utilizing the Results Based Accountability methodology, one of many initiatives is focusing on Montgomery County Education and Improvements. View the Results Scorecard Demo, “Results Scorecard Improves stimulus funding uses for Early Childhood Funding” see how the Results Scorecard software can improve the utilization of stimulus funding and future executions.