NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Rojas, Natalia; Raver, Cybele; Morris, Pamela – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
The purpose of this presentation is to describe some of the activities of a partnership forged between NYU researchers and senior leaders in NYC that was intended to provide research infrastructure and capacity-building solutions while also addressing jointly identified research questions about the "Pre-K for All" (PKA) program. The…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
Faced with the need to create a competitive workforce and improve the quality of our education system, states are pursuing policy agendas to better prepare students for postsecondary education and careers. To inform these agendas, statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) have become an invaluable asset and serve as a tool to help states answer…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Educational Change, Information Utilization, Information Management
Loeb, Susanna; Beteille, Tara; Perez, Maria – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ3), 2008
Data-based decision making has been the mantra of the school reform movement since the late 1980s, but California does not yet have an effective system for collecting and using vital school information. California has taken a number of steps to address this shortcoming. These include the Public School Accountability Act of 1999 and Senate bills…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Information Systems, Data Collection, Accountability
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
State education data systems have often been described as data rich but information poor. Historically, these systems were created for compliance purposes and, therefore, designed and managed as information technology projects, but a culture change is under way. Educators and other stakeholders are beginning to value data as a tool to inform…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Needs, Stakeholders, Data Collection
Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 2007
Reliable and current data is the foundation upon which good public policymaking is built. While California collects a good deal of data on its teaching workforce, policymakers have lacked a state-level data and analysis system to provide answers to even some of the most basic questions: How many credential holders actually take jobs? In what types…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Inferences, Teacher Supply and Demand, Management Information Systems
Maas, John; Bahn, Theodore I. – Educational Technology, 1983
Explores the development of the systems architecture designed to meet problems identified by an evaluation of management information systems in Minnesota elementary, secondary, and vocational (ESV) education. Now a component of the long-range state plan for ESV information systems, the architecture integrates hardware, application systems, and…
Descriptors: Charts, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Educational Administration