TURNING CURVES: An Accountability Companion Reader. This item is unavailable.TURNING CURVES: An Accountability Companion Reader

This book is a companion to "Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough," (10th anniversary edition, 2015), which presents a data-driven decision making framework known as Results-Based Accountability (RBA) or Outcomes-Based Accountability (OBA). The framework has been used across the US and in numerous countries around the world. In this volume, Mark shares some of his writing from the last 10 years, and selected writings from the many friends and colleagues around the world who are putting RBA/OBA into practice.Turning Curves is made up of more than 80 essays including:•The Vermont Accountability Compact •The Leeds Story by Nigel Richardson•How outcomes saved my life by Mike Pinnock•The simplest way to implement RBA•Using data for improvement not punishment.•How to measure the success of population level strategies•Collective Impact using RBA •How to build a performance foundation in your organization. •The problem with pay for performance in government. •Next Generation Contracting for funders and grantees•When infrastructure is the customer•Results based budgeting and least harm budget cuts•The performance of Administrative services, Arts organizations, Advocacy, Partnerships............and much more

Mark Friedman has over four decades of experience in public administration and public policy and the scars to prove it. After one year as a high school math teacher, he worked 19 years for the Maryland Department of Human Resources, including six years as the Department’s Chief Financial Officer. After leaving state service he spent four years with the Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington D.C., and then 20 years as founder of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. That’s 44 years if you were counting. Mark has published a wide range of papers on Results-Based Accountability, Results -Based Budgeting, strategic planning, performance management and other topics. Has spoken extensively across the US and around the world. He lives with his wife Terry Wilson in Santa Fe, New Mexico.