Editing Best practice (section)

===Examples===

There are many examples of the use of best/smart practice evaluations in Public Policy. The [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) produces a document called [[The Clean Energy-Environment Guide to Action]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/documents/pdf/guide_action_full.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713125427/http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/documents/pdf/guide_action_full.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-13 }}</ref> designed to share practices found to be successful and best by states, to determine what is most suitable for them to use in generating clean energy policies and programs.  The guide includes 16 clean energy policies and programs that offer opportunities for states to save energy, improve air quality, lower [[greenhouse gas emissions|greenhouse gas emission]] and increase economic development.

An example of a successful best practice from the guide is building codes for [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]]. This practice is to use building energy codes to set requirements that establish a minimum level of energy efficiency standards for residential and commercial buildings. [[California Energy Code]] Title 24 is one "best practice" that is highlighted in this guide.  The following points for energy code implementation is to educate and train key audiences, supply the right resources, and to provide budget and staff for the program.

Eugene Bardach has a list of smart practice candidates in his book ''A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis'', [[Eightfold Path (policy analysis)]].  One example is the tutoring program for children in grades 1-3 called Reading One-to-One.  The program from Texas includes one on one tutoring with supervision and simple structured instruction in [[phonemic awareness]]. Phonemic awareness is one highly regarded predictor of how well a child will learn to read in the first two years of school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/33830/|title=Reading 101 for English Language Learners|last=Anonymous|date=19 October 2009|website=colorincolorado.org|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904084006/http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/33830/|archive-date=4 September 2015}}</ref>  The program takes advantage of the fact that many children, especially [[ESL]] students, fail in reading because it is very hard for second language students to understand and pronounce sounds in English. The program is easily duplicated at a relatively low cost because of the straight forward teaching materials, systematic methods and administrative oversight.

In September 2013 at the New York State Conference for Mayors and Municipal Officials,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycom.org/|title=New York Conference of Mayors - Home|website=www.nycom.org|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307193702/https://nycom.org/|archive-date=7 March 2018}}</ref> successes, ideas and information on best practices were shared among government peers. A best practice that was highlighted at the conference was how [[Salinas, California]] is rebuilding their economy by engaging technology companies with their agricultural business in order to grow jobs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/09/27/to-create-jobs-a-city-becomes-an-investor/ |title=To Create Jobs, Salinas Seeks to Tap into the Ag-Tech Boom &#124; News Fix &#124; KQED Public Media for Northern CA |access-date=2013-09-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002160837/http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/09/27/to-create-jobs-a-city-becomes-an-investor/ |archive-date=2013-10-02 }}</ref>  Salinas is taking advantage of an idle opportunity.  The area already has abundant lettuce fields and now the city is marketing itself as a lab for agricultural technology.  This public/private partnership includes a new nonprofit called the Steinbeck Innovation Foundation to increase investment in new technologies to help the area's agricultural industry.