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.
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…
Roadmap for High School Feedback Reports
High school feedback reports let school and district leaders know where their students go after graduation and how well they…
Roadmap for K–12 and Postsecondary Data Linkages
States need to securely link limited, but critical, K–12 and postsecondary data to ensure that high school graduates are ready…
P-20W Data, State Advocacy, Transparency
Making Data Work: How Better State Data Can Support Successful Education Transitions
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