This 2013 facilitation guide shows education data teams how to move beyond simply reporting data to applying data to direct strategic action. The guide walks data teams through five key steps in using data for informed decision making and strategic action: setting the stage, examining the data, understanding the findings, developing an action plan, and […]
This 2013 report discusses the current use of data in U.S. education and the implications of its use. The report asserts measures of learning are usually limited in number and scope, and data suggesting poor performance schools and teachers are often used punitively. It explains how the current system of student data collection more often […]
This 2013 presentation shares selected findings from recent Early Childhood Data Collaborative national survey of states and jurisdictions about their data systems. Presented at Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference in September 2013. Findings from the 2013 Early Care and Education Data Systems Survey
This 2013 document provides questions parents can ask school officials to ensure that their child is on track to graduate college and career ready. Published by Data Quality Campaign (DQC) What Every Parent Should Be Asking About Education Data
This 2013 information sheet addresses why quality data is important and provides information about six characteristics of quality data. It also includes questions to consider in managing quality data. This resource is designed for use by federal staff, TA providers, and program administrators. Published by Head Start What Is Quality Data for Programs Serving Infants […]
This 2012 resource is a progress report that provides an example from 2009 Pennsylvania PreK Counts to demonstrate how social impact bonds might be used to pay for early learning services. Citation: Dugger, R., & Litan, R. (2012). Early childhood “pay-for-success” social impact finance: A PKSE bond example to increase school readiness and reduce special […]
This 2012 resource includes tips and ideas on how states can engage policy makers with data governance processes. Published by: Data Quality Campaign (DQC) Pivotal Role of Policymakers as Leaders of P–20/Workforce Data Governance
This 2012 tool contains strategies for engaging key internal stakeholders via authentic participation in decision-making. It provides useful tips for effective facilitation, recording, and reporting back to stakeholders. Published by: Public Agenda Internal Stakeholder Engagement Workshop Toolkit
This 2012 report provides examples of how to visually present data to general stakeholder audiences. In addition, explanations are given about how gathering and analyzing certain types of data to enable states to improve outcomes for children and families. Published by: Families and Communities Together A Data Framework for Addressing the Needs of Seminole County’s […]
This 2011 resource is a guide to data management and data sharing. Sections include sharing data, data management planning, documenting data, formatting data, storing data, ethics and consent, and copyright. Published by: University of Essex Managing and Sharing Data
