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.
The Next President Must Make Data Work for Students: Recommendations for the New Administration
The next president can change the role of data.
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.
DQC Comments on ESSA Proposed Regulations on Accountability, State Plans, and Data Reporting
DQC provides input on the Department of Education’s recent proposed ESSA regulations.
Federal Actions to Make Data Work for Students
Federal leaders must support these nine recommendations to make data work for students across the country.
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…
The Federal Role in Safeguarding Student Data (2015)
Recommendations for areas for federal action to frame the discussion about what the federal government can do to support safeguarding…
Data for Action 2014: A Resource for Federal Policy Makers
How leaders can promote policies can help build the capacity of stakeholders to use data.
ESEA Reauthorization: Why Data Matter
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides an opportunity to transform how data is used in education.
Who Uses Student Data?
See how student data—from schools to the US Department of Education—is and is not accessed and used.
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…
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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