Purpose Drives Design: Functions of a Statewide Longitudinal Data System
When policymakers design their state’s SLDS to fulfill clear functions, they can build data systems that align with state education…
Creating a Path to Answers: How State Data Leaders Can Empower Researchers
Ensuring responsible researcher access is essential to maximizing the systems’ value for communities and decisionmakers.
Four Federal Priorities We’re Watching in 2026
This year, DQC hopes to see Congress and the administration work collaboratively to return stability to the workforce data and…
Three Data Policy Priorities States Should Champion in 2026
As the federal data landscape continues to shift, state leaders must now, more than ever, ensure that data works for…
Funding What Matters: What Building and Sustaining a Statewide Longitudinal Data System Costs
What can other states learn about high-quality data systems from four established SLDSs?
Codifying an Early Childhood Integrated Data System: Lessons From Texas Advocates
Long recognizing the need for better early childhood data in Texas, the Texas Early Learning Council and other Texas early…
The Administration’s Vision for the American Workforce: Potential Data Benefits and Areas of Concern
Robust state data systems and adequate privacy protections are critical to implementing the administration’s proposed workforce strategy, and should be…
The So What: What We’re Watching, Week of August 11
The so what on how the BLS removal may impact trust in data.
Indiana Is Investing in Human Capacity and Privacy Leadership
Indiana is investing in its data workforce and privacy capacity, and can serve as a model for other states.
Start Here: A Vision to Transform State Early Childhood Data to Meet the Needs of Children, Families, and Those Who Support Them
This resource details DQC's vision for states to invest in their early childhood data ecosystems.
Enhancing Unemployment Insurance Wage Data to Better Understand Education and Employment Outcomes
State leaders have questions about their workforce that they need robust workforce data to answer.
Powering Potential: Using Data to Support Postsecondary Access, Completion, and Return on Investment
Right now, people and institutions often lack information about postsecondary access, completion, and ROI.
Access, Governance, P-20W Data
