By Charles Lane in The Washington Post

March 30, 2016

A hot concept in wonkdom these days is “evidence-based policymaking.” If, for example, educators try “career academies” for low-income high school students, and data show that students get higher earnings later, then career academies should get more funding.

So widespread is support for this notion that even the House and Senate agreed to set up a federal commission “to make recommendations on how best to incorporate outcomes measurement, institutionalize randomized controlled trials, and [add] rigorous impact analysis into program design.”President Obama signed the bill on Wednesday.

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