Our public systems use data to make decisions and take actions that have profound impacts on our lives and communities.
I encourage citizens to use evidence to question decisions that affect their lives. Penetrating injustices is a way to hold public officials accountable. Data use by government leaders should be responsive to the citizens they serve. This website features two examples in Chicago—in education and housing.
“Production, consumption, and management of evaluation and evaluative work should hold at its core a responsibility to advance progress towards equity.”
— Principle #1 of the Equitable Evaluation Framework