• by S. Walton
• April 6, 2021

Over the last two years, the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) have worked alongside Third Sector to develop projects that finance evidence-based services to improve student outcomes to and through college. Collectively, these efforts are known as the Partnerships to Achieve Student Success (PASS) initiative and have been philanthropically supported by the ECMC Foundation and the Kresge Foundation.

• by M. Posey & J. Croan
• March 24, 2021

When state and local government agencies have the necessary knowledge, resources and support to change the way they design, deliver and assess human services, people served by public systems measurably improve their lives.

• by S. Glover; E. Chang; H. Kay Howard
• February 1, 2021

Third Sector and the Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) collaborated to lead an Outcomes-Based Contracting (OBC) Summit, a four-workshop virtual series exploring outcomes contracting in K-12 math instruction.

• by A. Amram & H. Kay Howard
• September 10, 2020

Here’s what we would do to ensure that data is used to build equitable relationships with providers and partners, continuously improve programs and policies, and ultimately lead to better participant outcomes.

• by A. Amram & H. Kay Howard
• September 1, 2020

Successful continuous improvement processes leverage data to measure the impact of day-to-day efforts and support informed, collaborative, and transparent decision-making to better align resources, services, and efforts to improve outcomes.

• by S. Rivera, J. Kong & B. Staton
• August 27, 2020

As this year reveals the obstacle course many are navigating to stay  healthy and safe, government agencies and organizations are turning their ears to the people.