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Download full textCarrie Klein; Jessica Colorado – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2024
Since 2010, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association's (SHEEO) Strong Foundations survey has reported on the evolution and value of postsecondary student unit record systems (PSURSs) by illuminating the condition of state postsecondary data in the U.S. In the "Strong Foundations 2023" survey, which was administered from…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Records, Data Collection, Databases
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2025
Despite enacting well-intentioned policies to improve teacher recruitment and retention, many states continue to face significant staffing challenges, particularly in high-need schools and hard-to-staff subjects such as math, science, and special education. Two years ago, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) set out to explore the…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment, Data Collection, Information Management
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Direct linkSchles, Rachel Anne; McCarthy, Tessa; Blankenship, Karen; Coy, Justin – Exceptional Children, 2021
The prevalence of students with visual impairments varies across the United States, yet limited analysis exists on how many students receive special education services. The following study collected population data on students with visual impairments for the 2017-2018 school year and ran focus groups with state-level administrators to understand…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Administrators
Jing Tang; Kara Ulmen; Sara Amadon; Katie Richards; Gabriella Guerra; Ja’Chelle Ball; Carlise King; Dale Richards – Child Trends, 2024
The preschool landscape is complex, consisting of several publicly funded programs supported by federal, state, and local funds. Included in this landscape is Head Start, a critical early childhood education (ECE) program that serves--in every state and territory--young children in families with incomes at or below the federal poverty line,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Low Income Students, Social Services, Federal Programs
Paige Kowalski – State Education Standard, 2024
Everyone who uses student information has a responsibility to maintain students' privacy and the security of their data. Ensuring student data privacy is about so much more than complying with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). While privacy must be top of mind when thinking about collecting and using personally identifiable…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, State Agencies, Public Education, Privacy
Nancy Smith; Claus von Zastrow – Education Commission of the States, 2022
When the COVID-19 pandemic drove schools online in March 2020, state education leaders were left without access to data needed to understand how best to support students. The pandemic revealed the strengths and limitations of state education data systems while inspiring new strategies for collecting, reporting and using data. In 2021, DataSmith…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Data, Data Collection, Pandemics
Bryan, Leah N.; Brener, Nancy; Barker, Lawrence; Lo, Annie; Underwood, J. Michael – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: After the discontinuation of School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) in 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began exploring innovative ways to gather school health information using existing surveillance systems. School Health Profiles (Profiles) is a school-based system of surveys that monitors…
Descriptors: School Policy, School Health Services, State Agencies, Data Collection
Perez, Zeke, Jr.; von Zastrow, Claus – Education Commission of the States, 2023
Data governance is a core obligation for leaders and staff across any agency that collects, stores or uses individuals' data. It ensures that individuals' personal information is protected, and can support the continuous improvement of data quality and use, particularly when it includes well-defined processes, structure and responsibilities.…
Descriptors: Governance, Data Use, Privacy, Information Management
Kachel, Debra E.; Lance, Keith Curry – Grantee Submission, 2021
A survey of all 50 states and District of Columbia was conducted in Fall 2020 to gain background information to inform an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant project called SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation--Decline or Evolution? As part of the grant, a school library leader, some in a state government/agency position or…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, State Standards, Certification
