For years, those in charge have used what appears to be a scientific method to curate the “numbers” that tell us exactly how well we are doing with our policies, while the average citizen pays the price.
When federal agencies collect data, and then use that data to measure how successful their work is, they no longer seem to be using data as a tool for accountability. Data that shows the failures in housing, education, or crime prevention does not provide a call for a course correction.
Rather, the definition of what constitutes a “success” shifts; categories are added to include previously excluded groups; and the data that is inconvenient (the data that provides evidence that the agency is failing) is buried by adding new ways of measuring success.
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