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DQC’s blog is your source for news, perspectives, and thought leadership from DQC staff and partners in the world of education data.

10.06.15
Data Works for Students in Goochland County
DQC’s Bernice Butler discusses the efforts of Goochland County Public Schools in Virginia to make data work for students, including…
09.22.15
Using Data to Keep Students Healthy & in School
DQC’s Brennan McMahon Parton details the importance of recording and tracking student absenteeism data over time and outlines ways states…
09.08.15
Data Goes Back to School
DQC’s Elizabeth Dabney shares how some states are providing quality information to meet the needs of parents, teachers, and the…
08.25.15
Information is Power
DQC’s Dakarai Aarons discusses results from the latest edition of the PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public…
08.20.15
Community Conversations on Student Data Privacy & Education Improvement
DQC’s Rachel Anderson and Geoff Zimmerman, associate director of data utilization for StriveTogether, detail the changes in state and federal…
08.17.15
Credit where It’s Due: Recognizing Progress on Student Data Privacy
DQC’s Paige Kowalski offers a parent’s perspective on student data privacy and discusses the current landscape of data privacy…
08.05.15
Start with the Questions to Use Data to Improve Educator Preparation Quality
States and educator preparation programs (EPPs) want—and need—better data in order to be transparent and continually improve the quality of…
07.24.15
EdData Privacy Update: 7/24/2015
Representatives from Indiana and Ohio introduced the Student Privacy Protection Act, which seeks to clarify and strengthen the existing privacy…
07.17.15
EdData Privacy Update: 7/17/2015
ESEA reauthorization presents an incredible opportunity to shift the use of education data from compliance to service and ensure that…
07.02.15
EdData Privacy Update: 7/2/2015
DQC’s Rachel Anderson gives an update on the landscape of student data privacy legislation and highlights emerging themes that shed…
06.17.15
Making Data Work for Teachers
Teachers aren’t tapping into the full potential of data because they haven’t been given the proper knowledge, skills, and capacity…
06.04.15
EdData Privacy Update: 6/4/2015
DQC’s Taryn Hochleitner provides a recap of a paper by EducationCounsel, which details promising data privacy and security policies and…

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