Exploratory data analysis (EDA), data visualization, and visual analytics are essential for understanding and analyzing complex datasets. In this project, we explored these techniques and their applications in data analytics. The case discusses Tableau, a powerful data visualization tool, and Google BigQuery, a cloud-based data warehouse that…

California's information about opportunities and outcomes in early learning and care, TK-12 schools, colleges, social services, and employment is currently disconnected. A longitudinal data system can be a powerful tool that allows California to identify bright spots, inequities, and roadblocks in our educational system, especially for students of…

The purpose of this document is to provide techniques to assist Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition personnel with the integration of learning technology standards into their Information Technology acquisition processes. This document supports Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1322.26 and the updated DoDI 1322.26 references. This…

Tracking and using data to inform decisions pays off for college success programs on multiple levels. Having data allows program staff to monitor the progress of individual students and tailor support to their particular needs. It enables staff to understand the effectiveness of program activities and make improvements as necessary. Most…

Planning for the sustainability of data system integration should be a fundamental part of the initial project plan. Taking a long-term view rather than a project-to-project approach improves the data culture and chances of success. The intent of this tip sheet is to identify key components, strategic timing, and planning considerations for…

Eleven states have worked with CIID, over the past three years, to integrate their IDEA data and to implement Generate, a software application that improves data quality and automates reporting through standardization. These eleven states have realized notable data quality improvements that will be shared in this brief to help states across the…

CIID has implemented Generate in 9 state education agencies (SEAs), and through this work SEAs have realized a variety of improvements to their special education data in terms of overall data quality, improvements to data governance structures, and ease of federal reporting. This brief is the second in a series looking at data quality. Here, we…

R14CC and the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) are collaboratively implementing projects to address high leverage problems such as school systems' fiscal transparency, literacy strategic planning, and post-secondary planning for student success. This profile provides a summary of these selected projects and an overview of state education…

While working in the Social and Emotional Support Services (SESS) for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland (MCPS), the author initiated a project to collect data on services to students with emotional needs. During the 2016-2017 school year, MCPS was the 17th largest school district in the country with nearly 160,000 students speaking 150…

High-quality data is essential when looking at student-level data, including data specifically focused on students with disabilities. For state education agencies (SEAs), it is critical to have a solid foundation for how data is collected and stored to achieve high-quality data. The process of integrating the Individuals with Disabilities…

Quality data allow programs to provide context and meaning to research, evaluation, and accountability efforts and provides evidence to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of programs. Data integration, the process of taking data from disparate systems, combining them, and transforming them into something meaningful, can increase data…

This article reflects on the 'quantified self at work' (Moore and Robinson in New Media Soc 18(11):2774-2792, 2016), neoliberal government (Miller and Rose in Econ Soc 19(1):1-31, 1990; Rose and Miller in Br J Sociol 43(2):173-205, 1992; Ball in J Educ Policy 18(2):215-228, 2003), and the use of bibliometric technologies that record research…

This brief provides a definition of an integrated data system, identifies who would benefit from the information provided by an integrated data system, and examines the challenges and costs associated with data integration, as well as potential benefits to creating an integrated data system. [The Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID) is…

Data-mining systems provide a variety of opportunities for school district personnel to streamline operations and focus on student achievement. This article describes the value of data mining for school personnel, finance departments, teacher evaluations, and in the classroom. It suggests that much could be learned about district practices if one…

While substantial progress has been made in spreading performance measurement across the country and world, much of the information from performance measurement systems has been shallow. Modern technology and the considerable demand for information on progress in achieving the outcomes of public programs and policies are creating major…