Empowering Parents with Data: Ensuring Parents Have Data to Make Informed Choices
Metro Nashville Public Schools, a district with a strong parents engagement strategy, exemplifying the kinds of district practices states can…
Empowering Parents with Data: Nashville's Data Chats
Watch Metro Nashville Public Schools family engagement strategy in Empowering Parents with Data: Nashville's Data Chats.
ESEA Reauthorization: Why Data Matter
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides an opportunity to transform how data is used in education.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Using Financial Data to Support Student Success
Better information about how investments in education are influencing outcomes for students, schools, and districts is needed. The growing hunger…
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…
Roadmap for a Teacher-Student Data Link
Many states collect data on students and teachers, but linking teachers to students by course—the teacher-student data link (TSDL)—is critical…
Student Data Principles
High-quality education data are essential for improving students’ achievement in school and preparing them for success in life.
Communications, State Advocacy, Transparency, Trust
