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Duncan Culbreth; Rebekah Davis; Cigdem Meral; Florence Martin; Weichao Wang; Sejal Foxx – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Monitoring applications (MAs) use digital and online tools to collect and track data on student behavior, and they have become increasingly popular among schools. Empirical research on these complex surveillance platforms is scant, and little is known about the efficacy or impact that they have on students. This study used a multi-method…
Descriptors: High School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Progress Monitoring
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2015
The "Washington English Language Proficiency Assessment" (WELPA) is a No Child Left Behind (NCLB)-compliant instrument that is used in Grades K-12 as a formal and standardized method of measuring language proficiency. The test results provide important information for classifying English Language Learners (ELLs) and subsequently for…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, English, Data Interpretation
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
Faced with the need to create a competitive workforce and improve the quality of our education system, states are pursuing policy agendas to better prepare students for postsecondary education and careers. To inform these agendas, statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) have become an invaluable asset and serve as a tool to help states answer…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Educational Change, Information Utilization, Information Management
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
Data are most useful when they are transformed into actionable information that people are able to access, understand and use. Thanks to both state and federal leadership, political commitment and investment of financial resources, states have made tremendous progress in the building of statewide K-12 longitudinal data systems. However, to ensure…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Progress Monitoring