“MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS FOR RESEARCH

AND POLICY” NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Anne Sheridan

Executive Director, Governor’s Office for Children

Maryland’s Landscape

Children’s Cabinet Structure

Children’s Cabinet

Governor’s Office for Children

Governor O’Malley

DHR(Child

Welfare)

MDOD(Disabilit

ies)

DHMH(Health)

MSDE(Educati

on)

DJS(Juvenile Services)

DBM(Budget)

Using Data to Measure Progress

Results and Indicators Framework

Indicators Results

Governor O’Malley’s16 Strategic Policy Goals

Strategic Policy Goals and the Maryland Children’s Cabinet

End Childhood Hunger in

Maryland by 2015.

Improve Student

Achievement and School, College, and

Career Readiness by 25% by the end of 2015.

Reduce Violent Crimes

Committed Against

Women and Children by 25% by the end of 2018.

Reduce Infant Mortality in Maryland by

10% by 2017.

Ending Childhood Hunger:Deciding How to Measure Success

Proving an Intervention Strategy

Watkins Mill High

Dogwood Elementary

Odenton Elementary

Freetown Elementary

Benjamin Franklin High

National Academy Foundation

Phelps Luck Elementary

Cradlerock

Glassmanor Elementary

Forest Heights

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Number of Students Participating in School Break-fast

February 2010 and February 2012

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Schools

Improving Our Access to Data

Tying a Reduction in Hunger to Additional Outcomes

Maryland as a Case Study

Augustine-Thottungal, Robin, John Kern, Jackie Key, and Becca Sherman. "Ending childhood hunger: A social impact analysis." Deloitte and the No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices (2013).

Moving Forward in Maryland

The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline