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ESEA Reauthorization: Why Data Matter
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides an opportunity to transform how data is used in education.
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Key Findings: Data for Action 2014
The 10 State Actions to Ensure Effective Data Use provide a roadmap for state policymakers to ensure quality data.
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Understanding Teacher Effectiveness: Providing Feedback to Teacher Preparation Programs
States are uniquely positioned to provide feedback to teacher preparation programs on the effectiveness of the teachers they train.
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Key Elements for Strengthening State Laws and Policies Pertaining to Student Data Use, Privacy, and Security: Guidance for State Policymakers
Education Counsel has put together a document with guidance for state policymakers around safeguarding student data.
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A Stoplight for Student Data Use
This tool summarizes some of the main provisions of FERPA and identifies when students’ personally identifiable information may be securely…
From Data to Dialogue: Supporting Student Success in Nashville
From building and maintaining a world-class data warehouse to placing data coaches in schools across the district to offering job-embedded…
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Data Drives School-Community Collaboration: Seven Principles for Effective Data Sharing
The Data Quality Campaign partnered with StriveTogether, a national, nonprofit network that works to ensure that every child succeeds from…
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Roadmap to Safeguarding Student Data
This brief provides specific, practical recommendations for SEAs as they prioritize the safeguarding of student data and continuously review and…
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Providing Feedback to Teacher Preparation Programs (Data for Action 2014)
State leaders are increasingly focused on improving college and university programs that prepare teachers as a route to a high-quality…
DC School Uses Data to Boost ELL Achievement
Through the use of data, teachers and other education leaders in the Petworth neighborhood campus of Center City Public Charter…
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Who Uses Student Data?
See how student data—from schools to the US Department of Education—is and is not accessed and used.
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Data for Action 2014: Paving the Path to Success
Data are more than just test scores, and by effectively accessing and using different types of data, teachers, parents, and…
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We envision a world where data is used to drive systemic change, economic mobility, and student success.
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