Local Education Agency Evidence-Based Spending Guide
 

Strategies

Strategy pages give you everything you need to get started on spending dollars more effectively. Each page has detailed actions you can take to make progress on transforming your local education agency's (LEA) approach to education spending. 

Clearly Define Evidence

Defining "evidence" ensures that LEAs and external providers all know what criteria programs must meet to be "evidence-based." It allows LEAs to score programs against those criteria and sets forth the LEA's expectations for an external provider's work.

Prioritize Evidence

Prioritizing evidence ensures that LEAs invest a greater proportion of public dollars in the programs most likely to improve student outcomes.

Define Desired Outcomes

Defining and communicating a program's priority outcomes allows an LEA to strategically fund activities that will help them achieve the program's goals.

Build Evidence through Evaluations

Ongoing evaluation helps LEA leaders understand program effectiveness and use what they learn to improve the program and inform future investments.

Implement Performance Management

Performance management improves program outcomes by allowing LEAs to monitor progress toward goals and support continuous improvement during program implementation.