Rico Namay (Ministry of Education, NZ)Although at a young stage in terms of unleashing the full extent of what they can offer to policy-setting, big data and analytics plus evaluative thinking are a potent mix that could have real and huge impact in the way policy is set or research and evaluations are conducted in the future.
This presentation shows how the transformative power of linked government data and analytics, combined with the ability to ask the right questions, help:
- evaluate policy options,
- make value for money assessments,
- target participants for intervention programs and
- set specific and measurable goals for organisations; school clusters in particular.
Reflections on some lessons gleaned from the appplication of big data and analytics follow the examples.
