Overview

The Policy Advisor helps district leaders, HR teams, researchers, and journalists get fast, trustworthy answers about teacher contract policy. “Good” means table-first answers with citations, clear school-year scope, and quick ways to compare peers and drill into sources.

MVP Scope

• Supported answer types: definition, single-district fact, cross-district comparison, exemplar language, research “what the evidence says.”
• Scenarios under test (see linked page):
  1. Salary comparison across districts with research integration
  2. Workload comparison with glossary support
  3. Evaluation frequency comparison with filtering

Decisions (2025-11-05)

• No math in chat. All counts, buckets, and aggregates come from backend tools against golden calculations.
• Output is table-first with CSV export. Charts are optional and limited to one simple bar chart if included.
• API-only in production. Dev may use a read-only replica strictly for profiling; never in production paths.

Links

• Charter: Policy Advisor charter
• Test scenarios: Demo Scenarios & Success Criteria
• Staging link: Add link
• API docs: Add link

Golden path user flows to test

• “Compare contracted workdays across my state and similar districts. Export the table.”
• “What is the definition of ‘formal observation’ and how does Chicago handle it?”
• “Show exemplar language for evaluation frequency and contrast with Burlington.”

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