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Managing Partners of the Data Quality Campaign:

The campaign is managed by the National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) from their Washington, DC office. There are 13 other managing partners who oversee the goals, direction, and activities of the DQC with NCEA. The managing partners are:

Achieve, Inc - http://www.achieve.org Created by the nation's governors and business leaders, Achieve, Inc., is a bipartisan, non-profit organization that helps states raise standards and achievement to prepare all young people for postsecondary education, work and citizenship. Following the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve created the American Diploma Project Network to spearhead a national movement to align standards, assessments, curriculum and accountability with the demands of postsecondary education and work. The ADP Network - a coalition of 22 states - collectively educates 48 percent of the nation's high school students.
Alliance for Excellent Education - http://www.all4ed.org The Alliance for Excellent Education is a national policy and advocacy nonprofit organization that promotes high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary education and success in life. The Alliance develops public policy recommendations based on proven research and promising practice and advocates for the adoption of effective policies at the federal, state, and local levels. Additionally, it works to generate public support for effective secondary school reform that leads to higher levels of achievement and attainment for all students.
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) - http://www.ccsso.org The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions. CCSSO provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues. The Council seeks member consensus on major educational issues and expresses their views to civic and professional organizations, federal agencies, Congress, and the public.
Education Commission of the States (ECS) - http://www.ecs.org The Education Commission of the States helps state leaders shape education policy. ECS is the only national organization that brings together a cross-role constituency-governors, legislators, chief state school officers, high education officials, business leaders and others - to work side by side to improve education. As a non-profit interstate compact, ECS is the nation's preeminent nonpartisan source of information, ideas and leadership on education policy.
Education Trust - http://www.edtrust.org The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, pre-kindergarten through college, and forever closing the achievement gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from other youth. Our basic tenet is this - All children will learn at high levels when they are taught to high levels.
National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) - http://www.nasbe.org The National Association of State Boards of Education is the only national organization giving voice and adding value to the nation's State Boards of Education. A non-profit organization founded in 1958, NASBE works to strengthen state leadership in educational policymaking, promote excellence in the education of all students, advocate equality of access to educational opportunity, and assure continued citizen support for public education.
National Association of System Heads (NASH) - http://www.nashonline.org The National Association of System Heads is a membership organization of Chief Executive Officers of 52 public higher education systems in 38 states and Puerto Rico. The goal of the association is to improve the governance of public higher education systems. Its member systems enroll the lion's share of college students nationwide - about 70% of all four-year college undergraduates. A major commitment of NASH is to work with P-12 systems and civic leaders to build statewide P-16 vehicles to promote and carry out a coordinated, standards-based education reform strategy.
National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) - http://www.nc4ea.org NCEA promotes higher student achievement by improving state data collection to support sound decision making; using data to improve schools by focusing communities on the potential of every school; identifying and promoting the practices that distinguish consistently high-performing schools from other schools; and conducting research on school improvement issues. The National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA), managing partner of the Data Quality Campaign, was founded in 2001 through a collaboration of the Education Commission of the States, The University of Texas at Austin, and Just for the Kids.
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) - http://www.nchems.org Through its more than thirty years of service to higher education, NCHEMS has been committed to bridging the gap between research and practice by placing the latest managerial concepts and tools in the hands of state policy makers and working administrators on college and university campuses. Particular areas of research and assistance to states are in the areas of finance policy, accountability and assessment, governance, and documenting how higher education meets public purposes. A clear commitment to the use of information to clarify and formulate state and institutional policy underlies all the Center's work, and a special area of assistance and concern is the improvement and application of large-scale student unit record databases in higher education.
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) - http://www.nga.org/center The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices is the nation's only dedicated consulting firm for governors and their key policy staff. The Center's mission is to develop and implement innovative solutions to public policy challenges. Through the staff of the Center, governors and their policy advisors can:
  • quickly learn about what works, what doesn't, and what lessons can be learned from other governors grappling with the same problems;
  • obtain assistance in designing and implementing new programs or in making current programs more effective;
  • receive up-to-date, comprehensive information about what is happening in other state capitals and in Washington, D.C. so governors are aware of cutting edge policies; and
  • learn about emerging national trends and their implications for states, so governors can prepare to meet future demands.
Schools Interoperability Framework Association (SIFA) - http://www.sifinfo.org The Schools Interoperability Framework Association is a non-profit organization driven by PK-12 education technology stakeholders to revolutionize the management and accessibility of data within schools and school districts and states. The SIF open specification enables diverse applications to interact and share data efficiently, reliably and securely regardless of the platform hosting the applications. SIFA has united over 300 education technology end users and providers in an unprecedented effort to give teachers more time to do what they do best: teach.
Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services (SES) - http://www.schoolmatters.com Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services (SES) is an independent analytical service designed to help policymakers, educators, parents and taxpayers understand the relative performance of their school systems and maximize the impact of their resource allocation decisions. Available in Michigan and Pennsylvania since 2001, SES became available nationwide in March 2005, free of charge, as a project of the National Education Data Partnership. The Partnership is managed by the Council of Chief State School Officers with funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Broad Foundation through summer 2006.

The SES analysis is delivered via Standard & Poor's public website, www.SchoolMatters.com, which features academic, financial and demographic data for schools and districts in every state, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. Interactive tools on the site help education stakeholders use the data to inform their education-related decisions. SchoolMatters.com also features Standard & Poor's customized state and district performance reports and issue-focused analysis that provide empirical support for policy decisions.
State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) - http://www.setda.org SETDA is the principal association representing the state directors for educational technology in all 50 states, DC, and American Samoa. SETDA’s goal is to improve student achievement through technology, and its mission is guided by three key principles:
  • To promote national leadership in educational technology to support achievement in lifelong learning;
  • To provide professional development in educational leadership for members; and
  • To build partnerships and provide leadership to advance learning opportunities.
State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) - http://www.sheeo.org The State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) is a nonprofit, nationwide association of the chief executive officers serving statewide coordinating boards and governing boards of postsecondary education. The mission of SHEEO is to assist its members and the states in developing and sustaining excellent systems of higher education. The of over 1,500 public institutions is governed or coordinated by SHEEO boards and affects more than 10 million students, 70% of postsecondary education enrollment in the United States.

SHEEO's mission requires the careful collection, management and analysis of data and the dissemination of related information, research and policy studies. Decision-makers need dependable and valid information to improve performance. Successful higher education policy depends on shared information, effective relationships and substantive dialogue among governors, legislators, state education board members, and state higher education executives.