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MYTH BUSTER: Think Parents Have the Info They Need about Their Students?...
Here at DQC, we’re often confronted with myths about education data. What data are, who collects them, how they are used—these are important things for everyone to know, yet so much misinformation is...
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Using Data to Improve State Policies about Principalship
This guest blog is by Kerry Ann Moll, EdD, director of the Alliance to Reform Education Leadership at the George W. Bush Institute. Kerry Ann has over 10 years of experience as a public school teacher,...
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My Search for 52 State Report Cards
I would like to say that my recent search for all 50 state report cards, plus those of DC and Puerto Rico, ended with a nicely compiled list of 52 links to easily accessible, understandable data on...
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Dream a Data Dream: Why We Need Longitudinal Data
Back in 2005, when the Data Quality Campaign was first conceived, states, funders, and DQC partners envisioned a world where every state had built a robust statewide longitudinal data system. Back...
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Look Out, Silicon Valley—Virginia Is Coming for You
Innovative. Data-driven decisions. Apps.Are you confused about how these words relate to education in our current world, where using data often means burying compliance report cards deep in agency...
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Are We There Yet? The Quest for Sustainability
Flashback to November 2005 with me. The US Department of Education had just awarded the first Statewide Longitudinal Data System grants to states, the Data Quality Campaign was officially launched, and...
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It’s All About Collaboration: Kentucky’s Early Childhood Profiles
This is a guest post by Charles McGrew, PhD, a former DQC staffer and executive director of the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics. He is also a partner at Postsecondary...
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Using Data to Make Smart Investments in Education
We’re nearing the end of April already, but in case you haven’t yet heard—April is financial literacy month.Here at DQC, when we think about financial literacy, we think about data—financial data. As...
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Empowering Parents with Education Data
If you’re anything like me, you wouldn’t dream of making a decision without thoroughly researching all your options first.Before I go to the movies, I check out Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDB to...
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Report Cards Aren’t Just for Students
If you remember your school-aged years (and if you’re now a parent) you know about report cards. Maybe you blamed your teacher for unacceptable grades. Maybe you were a straight-A student. The point is...
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Go Far, Go Together
This is a guest post by Suzan Kinaci, M. Ed. Adm., a program manager at the Executive Office of Education in Massachusetts, where she is responsible for implementing the statewide Instructional...
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Informed Decisionmaking in Practice: Connecting Data and Policy in Delaware
Lindsay Page is a senior research manager for the Strategic Data Project, housed at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. In September 2013, she will join the faculty...
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Beyond the Hoopla around Releasing Teacher Performance Data
Though much of the hoopla has died down (you may remember a lawsuit here, a FOIA request there), states are still struggling with the best way to move forward around releasing teacher performance...
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From Compliance to Service: Transforming the SEA in Arizona
Earlier this summer, I had the incredible fortune to experience a state education agency (SEA) transforming from compliance to service when the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) convened a group of...
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Oklahoma’s New Student DATA Act Sets Guidelines, Protections
This is a guest post by Oklahoma State Representative Jason Nelson (R-Oklahoma City), coauthor of House Bill 1989.Everyone from classroom teachers to administrators and policymakers to vendors are...
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Data Access: A New Era of Parent and Community Engagement
This is a guest post by Sandra Moscoso, who runs the World Bank Finances Program by day and works on community efforts around education, active transportation, and open government by night. Sandra...
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Edwin Is the Man
“If you build it, they will come.” A nice idea, but unfortunately not always the case. This is the reason DQC’s 10 Actions even exist. States had built longitudinal data systems, but the information...
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Building Bridges in Texas: Using Data to Improve Youth Achievement
Earlier this month, in partnership with the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Urban Institute, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) convened 60 of Texas’s most energetic data leaders—state...
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Got Questions? Data Can Help
Whether you’re a parent, principal, policymaker, or member of the public or press, chances are you’ve got questions about your local school or district, questions like these: Is my school using money...
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Data Drive Youth Achievement in Washington
As part of the Data Quality Campaign’s focus on local data use—in schools, classrooms, and communities—we’re facilitating conversations across the country to help states identify—and prioritize!—the...
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