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From Hammer to Flashlight: A Decade of Data in Education
Successes and challenges that affect building culture, capacity, and conditions to use data to improve education.
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The Next President Must Make Data Work for Students: Recommendations for the New Administration
The next president can change the role of data.
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Opportunities to Make Data Work for Students in the Every Student Succeeds Act
Opportunities for states to capitalize on provisions in the law and go beyond legal compliance.
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Student Data Privacy Legislation: A Summary of 2016 State Legislation
What were the legislative trends in 2016?
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Turning Data into Information: The Vital Role of Research in Improving Education
The research conducted by trained and engaged experts across the country is a useful tool for stakeholders.
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Federal Actions to Make Data Work for Students
Federal leaders must support these nine recommendations to make data work for students across the country.
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State Capacity to Link K–12/Postsecondary Data Systems and Report Key Indicators
ESSA provides an opportunity to produce high-quality postsecondary indicators that inform and empower communities.
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District Actions to Make Data Work for Students
Recommendations for district leaders for using data to support students.
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Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students
Time to Act helps states enact policies that are critical to ensuring that data is used to support student…
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Parents Want Their Children's Data
Parents agree that when parents and educators have the right information to make decisions, students excel.
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Using Data to Drive Success in Educator Prep
Massachusetts supports continuous improvement in educator preparation programs by leveraging timely, high-quality data on the performance of program grads in…
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Sealing the Cracks: Using Graduation Data, Policy, and Practice to Keep All Kids on Track
This report highlights practices in nine states to improve the quality of graduation rate data to ensure that cohort graduation…
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We envision a world where data is used to drive systemic change, economic mobility, and student success.
About Us
We advocate to change the role of data to ensure that data works for everyone navigating their education and workforce journeys.