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.
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…
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…
Who Uses Student Data?
See how student data—from schools to the US Department of Education—is and is not accessed and used.
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…
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…
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…
VIDEO: Who Uses Student Data?
Most personal student information stays local. Districts, states, and the federal government all collect data about students for important purposes…
VIDEO: How Data Help Teachers
Follow a teacher and student through the school year to see how data help teachers, parents, and others make sure…
Ms. Bullen's Data-Rich Year
Follow a teacher and student through the school year to see how data help teachers, parents, and others make sure…
U.S. Department of Education Final FERPA Regulations: Advisory and Overview
This overview and analysis of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) finalized regulations to clarify and update the federal Family…
Alignment Between the DQC’s 10 Essential Elements and the America COMPETES Act’s 12 Elements
The one-page publication demonstrates the alignment amongst the DQC’s 10 Essential Elements, the 12 COMPETES Elements, and the results from…
Communications, Privacy
