Data for Action 2011: Empower with Data

Date: 1/1/2012

How can states allocate scarce resources AND improve student achievement without data?

The answer is simple: They can’t. States cannot inform these critical policy conversations without effective data use.

In this report, find out more about:

• the changing landscape of education policy and data;
• the critical role of data in empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions;
• Data for Action 2011 key findings;
• and four game-changing priorities:
• identify and publicly document the critical policy questions that will inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of the state’s data efforts;
• establish decision-making authority of state P–20/workforce data governance bodies to address the toughest issues around data access, sharing, and use;
• share data on teachers’ impact on student achievement with the institutions that prepared them;
• and determine whether existing high school feedback reports meet local needs and refine them based on stakeholder feedback.

Topic: Data Governance