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Anne Wicks; Amanda Wirtz – George W. Bush Institute, 2024
Determining whether a state's young people are on track for a life of opportunity is a difficult task for governors and state leaders. States can be both awash in data and unable to easily access and use that data to inform policy. State longitudinal data systems that meaningfully connect workforce, higher education, K-12, and early childhood…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Data Analysis, Learning Analytics, Information Systems
Lawn, Martin, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
The growth of education systems and the construction of the state have always been connected. The processes of governing education systems always utilized data through a range of administrative records, pupil testing, efficiency surveys and international projects. By the late twentieth century, quantitative data had gained enormous influence in…
Descriptors: Data, Information Utilization, Visualization, Data Collection
Data Quality Campaign, 2018
Alignment between K-12 education and the workforce is critical because jobs are changing. Students must be prepared not only for the jobs of today but also for the jobs of the future. Securely linking data between state K-12 and workforce data systems can create a bridge between these agencies as they develop shared career readiness goals for…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Force, Education Work Relationship
Data Quality Campaign, 2017
When students, parents, educators, and partners have the right information to make decisions, students excel. By forming research partnerships, state education agencies (SEAs), policymakers, practitioners, and education researchers at universities and other research institutes can work together to use research to provide the best education…
Descriptors: Data, Information Utilization, Partnerships in Education, Educational Research
Data Quality Campaign, 2014
Data are more than just test scores, and by effectively accessing and using different types of data--such as attendance, grades, and course-taking--teachers, parents, and school and district leaders can help ensure that every student is on a path for success every day, not just at the end of the school year. The 10 State Actions to Ensure…
Descriptors: Data, Data Collection, Information Utilization, Educational Policy
Sirinides, Philip; Fink, Ryan – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
Faced with rising demand for information about early childhood programs, states need to find tools and strategies to monitor the progress of and to identify high-quality early childhood programs. In response, REL Mid-Atlantic convened a regional workgroup for state personnel who work with the systems containing early childhood data. The workgroup…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Practices, Effective Schools Research