Evolution of VPP's collective impact work and description of data aggregation project as part of Ready for Work

1. Venture Philanthropy Partners’
Historical Collective Impact
Approaches
Isaac D. Castillo
Director of Outcomes, Assessment, and Learning
Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP)
@Isaac_outcomes
@vppartners
Collective Impact Forum
Funder COP
February 1, 2018
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2. Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) 1.0:
Uncoordinated Youth Outcomes
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3. (VPP) 1.0: Output Measurement
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• Tracked the number of youth served by each investment –
with details on their demographic characteristics.
• Expected reporting on youth outcomes, but did not have
overarching vision of what was to be reported.
• Each nonprofit defined their own outcomes.
• VPP’s collective vision was ‘more youth achieve positive
outcomes’.

4. VPP 2.0: youthCONNECT and Common Outcomes
Framework
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6. (VPP) 2.0: Common Outcomes Framework
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• Identified six high performing nonprofit organizations that served
youth.
• Worked collaboratively to develop theory of change and identify
outcomes and indicators that could measure progress.
• Challenges:
• Each nonprofit only worked on some indicators/outcomes,
and there was not an easily identifiable ‘path’ for outcome
achievement.
• The nonprofits worked with different youth at different ages in
different geographic areas with different risk/need levels.

7. VPP 3.0: Ready for Work and School-Based
Collective Impact
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8. VPP 3.0: Ready for Work Indicators
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Grades / GPA
Behavior /
Discipline Data
School Attendance
Data
Math and Reading
Proficiency /
Standardized Tests
Grade Promotion
Rates
[9th to 10th, 10th to 11th, 11th
to 12th]
High School Graduation
Rates
College Enrollment
Rates
College Credits and
Industry Certifications
Earned
TSA Passage Rates

9. VPP 3.0: Sources of Data
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Central Data System
(Data Aggregator)
Child Trends
(VPP Evaluation Partner)
To Analyze Data
and Prepare Reports
Partner Data
(Student Level)
School
Survey Data
Administrative
Data
Suitland HS
Partner Data
(Student Level)
School
Survey Data
Administrative
Data
Oxon Hill HS
Partner Data
(Student Level)
School
Survey Data
Administrative
Data
High Point HS
Dosage and outcome data
available for all students at the
three RFW high schools

10. VPP 3.0: Attempting to Get to Impact Causation
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Ready for Work
High Schools
(Treatment)
High Point HS
Oxon Hill HS
Suitland HS
TNI
High Schools
(Comparison 1)
Fairmont Heights HS
Central HS
Bladensburg HS
Potomac HS
Parkdale HS
Northwestern HS
DuVal HS
Crossland HS
Remaining PGCPS
High Schools
(Comparison 2)
F. Douglass HS
Flowers HS
Bowie HS
Largo HS
Gwynn Park HS
Friendly HS
E. Roosevelt HS
Dr. Henry Wise HS
Laurel HS
Surrattsville HS