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Andrea Lépine; Ana Luiza Minardi – UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight, 2024
The Data Must Speak (DMS) Positive Deviance research aims to improve the equity and quality of education through the use of data by studying the practices and behaviours of 'positive deviant' schools -- schools that outperform others despite operating in similar contexts and with equivalent resources. The analysis aims to inform practical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Laurie Mazelin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While utilizing assessment data has been a pervasive practice in educational reform for decades, and teachers are expected to use assessment data to improve instruction, little is known about how the practice of requiring teachers to review test data affects their perception of effectiveness in addressing the learning gaps of student groups. This…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Data Use, Evaluation Methods
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Roegman, Rachel; Perkins-Williams, Ruqayyah; Budzyn, Matt; Killian-Tarr, Olivia; Allen, David – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2022
In this study, we examine principals' data use within four districts are engaged in district-level professional learning around equity. Drawing on Gutierrez's framework for dimensions of equity, we consider how principals engage in data use in light of the dimensions of access, achievement, identity, and power. Findings suggest each district had…
Descriptors: Principals, School Districts, Data Use, Professional Development
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Leu, Katherine – RTI International, 2020
Postsecondary education is awash in data. Postsecondary institutions track data on students' demographics, academic performance, course-taking, and financial aid, and have put these data to use, applying data analytics and data science to issues in college completion. Meanwhile, an extensive amount of higher education data are being collected…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Postsecondary Education, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate
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Chenoweth, Karin – Learning Professional, 2021
Schools and districts that break the correlation between race and poverty on the one hand and academic achievement on the other hold enormous lessons for any educators willing to seek them out and ask: "Your kids are doing better than mine. What are you doing?" It is important to understand that educators who ask that question--whether…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Poverty, Academic Achievement
Santos, Janiel; Peters, Eleanor Eckerson – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2022
Informed by interviews with campus administrators and Northern Arizona University (NAU) students, the "Student Success is the DNA of NAU" case study outlines strategies this public, four-year, Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) is employing to build NAU into an engine of opportunity for students and the communities they represent. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Minority Serving Institutions
Knudson, Joel – California Collaborative on District Reform, 2020
School closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed the conditions in which students learn and experience schooling. Disparities in students' access to learning and in their academic outcomes are likely to exacerbate longstanding challenges and inequities. Now more than ever, educators need information that will help…
Descriptors: Data Use, Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Data Collection
Ilene Kantrov; Katherine A. Shields – Grantee Submission, 2020
As career and technical education (CTE) has evolved, many school districts that offer high-quality CTE programs such as career academies have found that these programs attract disproportionate numbers of students from historically advantaged populations. Drawing on data from a study of career academies in a large California school district, this…
Descriptors: Data Use, Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Vocational Education
UnidosUS, 2018
This report provides an overview of key provisions in Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), discusses how Arizona's ESSA plan addresses accountability for Latino students and English Learners (ELs), and provides recommendations to Arizona's accountability system to better ensure that Latino and EL students in Arizona are receiving a high-quality…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Accountability
UnidosUS, 2018
This report provides an overview of key provisions in Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), discusses how Florida's ESSA plan addresses accountability for Latino students and English Learners (ELs), and provides recommendations to Florida's accountability system to better ensure that Latino and EL students in Florida are receiving a high-quality…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Accountability
Arnold, Nathan; Voight, Mamie; Morales, Jessica; Dancy. Kim; Coleman, Art – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2019
As the higher education landscape has expanded beyond issues of access and affordability to include an emphasis on student completion and employment outcomes, accreditors can play a leadership role in advancing this important change. A shift to student success that rightfully centers in part on closing equity gaps between low-income students and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Accreditation (Institutions), Data Use, Academic Achievement
Squires, John; Roberts, Maxine T. – Education Commission of the States, 2021
The growing divides across the educational spectrum all underscore the need to change systems to promote the talents and success of every student, particularly those who are racially minoritized or poverty-impacted within a state. Enacting a process to establish policy that addresses the needs of these student groups can help create the conditions…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Policy
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Chaparro, Erin A.; Green, Ambra L.; Thompson, Sylvia L.; Batz, Ruby – Preventing School Failure, 2021
A substantial achievement gap, with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students falling behind native-English-speaking White peers, has been widely documented in research as well as government reports. However, a corresponding discipline gap has not been evident due to the various labels and methods used for identifying specifically…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Students, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Dolan, Erin L.; Borrero, Michelle; Callis-Duehl, Kristine; Chen Musgrove, Miranda M.; de Lima, Joelyn; Ero-Tolliver, Isi; Gerhart, Laci M.; Goodwin, Emma C.; Hamilton, Lindsey R.; Henry, Meredith A.; Herrera, Jose; Huot, Bethany; Kiser, Stacey; Ko, Melissa E.; Kravec, Marcy E.; Lee, Mark; Limeri, Lisa B.; Peffer, Melanie E.; Pires, Debra; Ramirez Lugo, Juan S.; Sharp, Starlette M.; Suarez, Nicole A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
The 2019 Undergraduate Biology Education Research Gordon Research Conference (UBER GRC), titled "Achieving Widespread Improvement in Undergraduate Education," brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners working to identify, promote, and understand widespread adoption of evidence-based teaching, learning, and success…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Science, Biology, Evidence Based Practice
US Department of Education, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education's (Department) mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. The Department pursues its mission by establishing policies and distributing corresponding funds, focusing national attention on key educational issues,…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Institutional Mission, Academic Achievement, Educational Policy
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