Activities

Quarterly Issue Meetings

Data Governance – Changing Culture, Breaking Down Silos, and Deciding Who is in Control - Jul 08

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Linking Spending and Student Achievement Data: Managing Inputs, Processes and Outcomes - Apr 08

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Developing and Supporting P–20 Education Data Systems: Models that Work - Jan 08

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Creating Critical Linkages between Education and Other Vital Services to Improve Child Welfare - Sep 07

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The Right Data to the Right People at the Right Time: How Interoperable Data Help America's Students Succeed - Jul 07

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View a video of the two hour meeting
Download the Issue Brief: The Right Data to the Right People at the Right Time: How Interoperable Data Help America's Students Succeed
Download the presenters' materials

Connecting Teacher and Student Data: Benefits, Challenges, and Lessons Learned - Mar 07

Delve into the policy, accountability, and instructional applications of connecting teacher and student information while also highlighting the experiences of practitioners currently building and using these data systems.

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*Audrey Noble presented in place of Robin Taylor. Please review Ms. Taylor's presentation to learn more about how connecting teacher and student data improved Delaware’s Highly Qualified Teacher reporting.

Lessons Learned from Recipients of the IES Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grants - Nov 06

Learn more about The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Grants Program and how four states are maximizing these generous funds to increase state capacity and build political will for data systems.

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View a video of the two hour meeting in its entirety or find a specific chapter
Download the Issue Brief: Increasing Returns on Investment in Data Systems: Lessons Learned from Recipients of IES Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grants
Download the presenters' materials:
- Data Quality and LDS Grants, Timothy Webb, Tennessee Department of Education
- Longitudinal Data Systems Grant, Brian Wilmot, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Data Use Drives School and District Improvement - Sep 06

Explore how the same set of longitudinal data can meet the diverse needs of various education stakeholders all working towards the same goal: improving student achievement.

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View a video of the two hour meeting
Download the Issue Brief: Data Use Drives School and District Improvement
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Aligning P-12 and Postsecondary Data Systems - Jun 06

Learn about an essential element of state data systems: aligning P-12 and postsecondary data.

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View a video of the two hour meeting
Download the Issue Brief: P-20 Data Systems: An Alignment Status Report
Download the presenters' materials:
- Higher Education Data and the DQC: The State of the States, Peter Ewell, NCHEMS
- P-16 Data Systems, Deborah Newby, CCSSO

Power of Longitudinal and Financial Data - Mar 06

Download the presenters' materials:

Data Quality Campaign: Improving the Quality, Accessibility and Use of Data in Education, Aimee Guidera, DQC and Jackie Laine, Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services

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Coordinated Data Ask

Coordinated Data Ask - Oct 06

DQC is working together with the 14 Managing Partners of the Data Quality Campaign, GreatSchools.net, Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), and the U.S. Department of Education to create a Coordinated Data Ask to reduce the costs and time it takes an agency to respond to multiple requests for the same data every year.

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Survey of State Data Collection Issues

2007 Results of NCEA Survey of State Data Collection Issues - Nov 06

The Data Quality Campaign and the National Center for Educational Accountability (NCEA) conducted a survey in August 2006, with the support of The Broad Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, about state data systems to determine the number of states that have built the infrastructure to tap into the power of longitudinal data. Similar surveys were conducted by NCEA in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. This website provides an overview of the findings of the survey in addition to a state-by-state analysis of the policy implications of each state's data system.

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