The lack of evidence-based policy making allows the three branches of government and the States to make policy decisions grounded in ideology rather than persuasive evidence. There are times when the government correctly chooses ideological policies without evidence and there are times when the government does not choose correctly with evidence. The full extent of how the lack of evidence-based policy making may not be known. However, there are times when the lack of evidence-based policy has as suggested that certain programs are not effective. For instance, evidence-based practice studies have suggested that the Head Start program is not an effective program up to third grade when a randomized test group was compared to a control group. Yet,
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For instance, in Brown v. Bd. of Ed. of Topeka, Shawnee Cnty., Kan., 347 U.S. 483, 492 (1954), the Supreme Court held that school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. More importantly, the Supreme Court used social sciences to help validate their reasoning for ending school segregation. The Supreme Court stated “we must look instead to the effect of segregation itself on public education.” However, the amount of the social science research provided to the Supreme Court is most challenging to find. Nevertheless, it is probable that – at that time – there were not any evidence-based practices provided to the Court to actually determine the impact on segregation on public education. Supreme Court Justice Thomas in Missouri v. Jenkins, 515 U.S. 70 (1995) claimed that segregation may have benefited African-Americans because African-American only school could have served community symbols for …show more content…
Ron Haskin presented the idea that bipartisan support is a reflection of the culture shift to support evidence-based practice. Social science evidence is now more integrated into the decision-making process. Therefore, politics will begin making decisions in light of the evidence-based practices. The Coalition for Evidence Based Policy has identified other programs such as Career Academies, Nurse-Family Partnership, Staying Free, and more as top-tier programs that should be implemented because there is strong evidence
For instance, in Brown v. Bd. of Ed. of Topeka, Shawnee Cnty., Kan., 347 U.S. 483, 492 (1954), the Supreme Court held that school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. More importantly, the Supreme Court used social sciences to help validate their reasoning for ending school segregation. The Supreme Court stated “we must look instead to the effect of segregation itself on public education.” However, the amount of the social science research provided to the Supreme Court is most challenging to find. Nevertheless, it is probable that – at that time – there were not any evidence-based practices provided to the Court to actually determine the impact on segregation on public education. Supreme Court Justice Thomas in Missouri v. Jenkins, 515 U.S. 70 (1995) claimed that segregation may have benefited African-Americans because African-American only school could have served community symbols for …show more content…
Ron Haskin presented the idea that bipartisan support is a reflection of the culture shift to support evidence-based practice. Social science evidence is now more integrated into the decision-making process. Therefore, politics will begin making decisions in light of the evidence-based practices. The Coalition for Evidence Based Policy has identified other programs such as Career Academies, Nurse-Family Partnership, Staying Free, and more as top-tier programs that should be implemented because there is strong evidence