This Week’s ESSA News: How States View Struggling Schools, Polling Principals on Concerns About the New Law, Tennessee PTA Lands Grant to Empower Parents on School Report Cards & More
DQC's infographic, School Spending Data Enables Better Decisions, Better Results, is featured in this week's ESSA news for the week of May…
The Kojo Nnamdi Show: What Makes A Top-Ranked School?
DQC's President and CEO Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger joined The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5 along with fellow guests Jenny Abamu…
Analysis: New DQC Review Shows Most State School Report Cards Getting Easier to Access — but Too Few Go Far Enough in Giving Parents the Full Picture
This op-ed featured in The 74 is authored by DQC's president and CEO, Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger. She provides some key takeaways…
Show Me the Data: States Have Seized the Opportunity to Build Better Report Cards, but the Work Is Not Done
WASHINGTON (April 3, 2019) – States have made investments in better report cards, but every state still has work to…
3 Key Strategies for Schools, Districts Considering Predictive Analytics
As schools and districts consider predictive analytics, DQC's Executive Vice President Paige Kowalski notes education data use must be driven…
Data Quality Campaign Welcomes Marshall to Board of Directors
The Data Quality Campaign is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Marshall to its Board of Directors. As founder,…
Report: Every State Now Measures Student Progress in Its Own Fashion
This piece by Dian Schaffhauser is featured in THE Journal and highlights the key takeaways from DQC's report Growth Data: It…
ESSA Says State Report Cards Must Track How Many Students in Foster Care Are Passing Their Reading & Math Tests and Graduating High School. Only 16 Do
This article, originally featured in The 74, examines the requirement in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that states publicly…
OPINION: The power of education data for Mississippi's youngest learners
In this op-ed featured in The Hechinger Report, Mississippi Superintendent of Education Carey Wright calls on states to better meet parents’…
Not All Student Growth Is Created Equal — How 48 States Are Using It Differently in Their Report Cards
This piece by Kate Stringer featured in The 74 breaks down the five main measures of growth that states are using,…
Analysis: With New ESSA Data, States Can Track How Well Schools Are Serving All Students. New Report Shows How They’re Doing — And Why
In this analysis featured in The 74, DQC's President and CEO Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger explains student growth data — what it…
New Data Quality Campaign Resource Breaks Down How Each State is Measuring Individual Student Growth
Most states have committed to measuring and reporting on individual student growth in their Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability…
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