Back from digging into what the heck evidence-based programs mean. Last thought about this in 2014. Back then, spent 5 years looking promoting, celebrating, etc. EBPs for sex ed.

Well, being statistically based (the higher status word used is science, but people are never as tightly cause-effect as atoms or chemicals), EBPs need a lot of data. The more "controls" and "rigor" and "statistical power," the better, naturally. But before that I have to understand it enough to convince my team how we best write our proposal. To show we know what we are proposing to do, some current goals we love may need trimming, some things some of us may not want—like all that data?—need to have more emphasis.

Work equals money. Happy to do it? The data is still out on that.

Revu2