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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Student Data Principles
High-quality education data are essential for improving students’ achievement in school and preparing them for success in life.
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Safeguarding Data: Federal Privacy Laws that Apply to Children and Education
This resource identifies federal policies that safeguard and protect the confidentiality of personal information. Although this list is not exhaustive,…
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Empowering Parents with Data Fact Sheet
Parents can become empowered advocates for their children’s success in the classroom when they have access to data about their…
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Providing High School Feedback: Using Data to Improve Students’ College and Career Readiness
Educators, administrators, and policymakers are all working to ensure that students graduate high school ready for success in college and…
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Monitoring Chronic Absence Fact Sheet
Regular attendance is essential to succeeding in school, and chronic absence—missing excessive amounts of school for any reason—can cause students…
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Supporting Early Warning Systems (Data for Action 2013)
Early warning systems combine multiple data points, translate them into predictive indicators based on research, and proactively communicate them to…
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