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Data Quality Campaign, 2022
State legislators have the opportunity to create and support legislation that positions data as a tool to help decisionmakers at all levels take action to support student success. This checklist can serve as a guide to crafting legislation that addresses education data. It applies specifically to education data legislation which includes bills…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Policy
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Henneberger, Angela K.; Rose, Bess A.; Feng, Yi; Johnson, Tessa; Register, Brennan; Stapleton, Laura M.; Sweet, Tracy; Woolley, Michael E. – Prevention Science, 2023
Attrition is a critical concern for evaluating the rigor of prevention studies, and the current study provides rates of attrition for subgroups of students and schools who are often sampled for prevention science. This is the first study to provide practical guidance for expected rates of attrition using population-level statewide data; findings…
Descriptors: Student Attrition, Prevention, Data, Elementary Secondary Education
Hedy N. Chang – Attendance Works, 2025
Written especially for state policy makers, administrators and advocates, this brief is our fifth annual examination of state attendance data, policy, and practices. It is based on a review of websites for all 50 states and Washington, D.C., as well as a survey completed by 49 states and Washington, D.C. State leaders, especially in state…
Descriptors: Attendance, Data, Access to Information, Accountability
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
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Brase, Lauren E.; Mossa, Lindsay C.; Robeck, Edward C. – Science and Children, 2023
The widespread occurrence of flooding and the fact that both precipitation data and river flow data are readily available for many locations provides an excellent opportunity for educators to bring relevant professionally collected data into their teaching. By connecting those data to the use of models, students can collect, interpret, and…
Descriptors: Water, Natural Resources, Natural Disasters, Relevance (Education)
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2023
The Forum Guide to Data Quality provides best practices from districts and states for maintaining quality data as these agencies regularly review and revise their methods for working with data, as well as their expectations for all staff who are responsible for education data and their quality. This resource is intended to help districts and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Quality Control, Best Practices, Educational Indicators
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Nita A. Tarchinski; Thomas Matthew Colclough; Ashley Atkinson; Emily Bonem; Nathan Emery; Victoria Farrar; Madeleine Gonin; Daniel Guberman; Eleanor Louson; Matthew Mahavongtrakul; Timothy McKay; Marco Molinaro; Meryl Motika; Lizette Alda Muñoz Rojas; Hurshal Pol; Kem Saichaie; Kelsey Smart; Megan Stowe; Natasha T. Turman; Jenna Marie Thomas Vest; Ryan Sweeder – To Improve the Academy, 2025
The STEM Equity Learning Community (SELC) project guided multidisciplinary teams from nine large, public research institutions through a yearlong experience. We aimed to support instructors and undergraduate students in developing equity-mindedness to drive structural change efforts on their campuses. The SELCs were supported by access to equity…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Equal Education, STEM Education, Educational Change
von Zastrow, Claus; Roberts, Maxine T.; Squires, John – Education Commission of the States, 2021
State education data systems help policymakers use data to evaluate the impact of their efforts to improve education. By disaggregating the data -- that is, breaking it out by different student subgroups -- policymakers can ensure that their efforts address the needs of students who have been traditionally underserved in educational settings. Yet…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Student Characteristics, Data Collection, Barriers
Anderson, Rachel – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2019
State longitudinal data systems can be a powerful tool to support student success and spur equity-minded improvement throughout state education systems, but state policymakers must ensure that students' information is safe and secure. In a case study looking at Louisiana's efforts to secure student data, this profile illuminates some of the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Privacy, Student Records, Data Use
Averi Pakulis; Nadia Gronkowski – First Focus on Children, 2024
Home visiting connects expectant parents, new caregivers, and their young children with a support person, called a home visitor. The home visitor meets regularly with the family, develops a relationship with them, and supports them to achieve their goals and meet their needs. To reach the thousands of additional families who could benefit from…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Home Programs, Models, Language Usage
Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2022
Transfer student success is an increasingly important subject in higher education policy circles in recent years, and for good reason. Almost half of undergraduates attending Maryland's public four-year institutions transfer from the state's community colleges. However, transfer students complete bachelor's degrees at notably lower rates than…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, College Credits
Colorado, Jessica; Klein, Carrie; Whitfield, Christina – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2022
The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association's (SHEEO) "Communities of Practice" project builds upon SHEEO's ongoing efforts to measure the capacity and effective use of state postsecondary data systems and provides states with opportunities to develop solutions to common issues with those systems. The sixth Community of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Alignment (Education)
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2022
Digital inequity has been a long-standing issue in the education community. A lack of home internet and technology devices can not only hinder students' ability to access educational resources at home, but can also have a detrimental effect on student achievement. Education agencies have taken steps over the past decades to address digital…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Internet
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Briah A. Glover; Dawn P. Witherspoon – Infant and Child Development, 2024
The pervasiveness of racism in the U.S. and its negative relations with key development outcomes has led researchers to uncover mediators, of which this article argues efficacy should be considered. Self-efficacy, one's belief in their capability to accomplish a task or goal, can be measured in multiple domains of functioning and contexts to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Adolescents, Data Analysis, Racism
Roberts, Maxine T.; Squires, John – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Emerging practices in both K-12 and higher education hold great promise in the establishment of equity frameworks. The use of finely disaggregated data, the effort to track additional student groups, and related work, all help to establish policies and tools to monitor the impact of reform efforts to address inequities. State programs and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, State Programs, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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