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Fact Sheet // 10.28.14
Empowering Parents and Communities through Quality Public Reporting: Federal Policy Guide
Publicly reporting timely, actionable, and comprehensible education data is one of the most powerful ways states can promote transparency, strengthen…
Fact Sheet // 10.28.14
Quality Public Reporting Informs Decisions, Empowers Action
Public reporting makes data about schools and districts—including enrollment, student performance, teacher effectiveness, and more—available to the public. These data…
Fact Sheet // 10.28.14
Don't Make Decisions in the Dark: Local School Board Members
As a local school board member, you need to be able to access and use high-quality data to make good…
Fact Sheet // 10.28.14
Don't Make Decisions in the Dark: Superintendents and Principals
As a district superintendent or school principal, you need to be able to access and use high-quality data to make good…
Report // 10.28.14
Getting the Facts Straight about Education Data: Common Core State Standards–Associated Assessment Consortia
Most states have voluntarily adopted the Common Core State Standards to serve as their education expectations. To consistently and transparently…
Report // 10.14.14
Student Data Collection, Access, and Storage: Separating Fact from Fiction
District and state data systems are constructed to ensure that individuals can access only the data that are appropriate for…
Report // 10.08.14
Using Financial Data to Support Student Success
Better information about how investments in education are influencing outcomes for students, schools, and districts is needed. The growing hunger…
Fact Sheet // 10.02.14
Don't Make Decisions In the Dark: Parents
As a parent, you want information about your child’s school, such as how students are doing academically and what extracurriculars…
Report // 10.01.14
Student Data and Consent Policies: Avoiding Unintended Consequences
Schools use data for different purposes, which have different degrees of impact on a student’s educational experience: administrative, instructional, assessment…
Report // 09.22.14
State Student Data Privacy Legislation: What Happened in 2014, and What Is Next?
To address emerging concerns, new demands for student data, and increasing use of technology in classrooms, states introduced and passed…
Roadmap // 09.17.14
Roadmap for a Teacher-Student Data Link
Many states collect data on students and teachers, but linking teachers to students by course—the teacher-student data link (TSDL)—is critical…
State Advocacy // 09.08.14
Data Are Just Part of Good Teaching in Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island recognized the impact data use has on improving student achievement by prioritizing data use in…

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