Providing educators with a step-by-step curricular plan and a set of professional resources, the Closing the Gap Professional Development Toolkit...

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In collaboration with AASA, (CoSN) and Gartner, Inc., in the Closing the Gap: Turning SIS/LMS Data into Action project a series of dist...

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Closing the Gap now includes nine templates for school districts’ use, each providing guidance on a different phase of the select...

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The US DOE has very recently provided a draft report (and are asking for comment) titled Expanding Evidence Approaches for Learning in ...

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US ED has provided the initial rules for the District Race to the Top application.  The application includes the use of data-based strategies. US...

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Evidence of Impact: Investing in Educator Capacity to Use Data  Session 1, Thursday, May 31, 3:30–4:30 p.m. EDT, will focus on E...

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In this interactive webinar, Douglas B. Reeves and Tony Flach from The Leadership and Learning Center will discuss their latest researc...

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McGraw-Hill has recently released an adaptive learning white paper titled BRAVE NEW WORLD OF EDUCATION: Personalized Adaptive Learning Tools Promises ...

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As state and school districts invest in assessment systems and data systems to track student performance, the National Council on Teacher Quality has ...

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The Alliance for Excellent Education, with participation from the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS (K-12 Center), held a...

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Pre-applications are now being accepted for the federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program. The new pre-application process is desig...

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Join DQC and NCES Commissioner Jack Buckley on February 23 for a discussion on the importance of standardized data, more about the Common Education Da...

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The Department of Education is celebrating a number of new and expanded public- and private-sector commitments that promise to empower American s...

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Recent white paper provides insights into the value of predictive and prescriptive analysis in higher education.

The All Children Reading organizers are interested in funding innovations that will result in (1) widespread access to improved teaching and learning ...

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On December 9 at noon ET, join DQC and Education Counsel's Steve Winnick for a webinar to review and discuss DQC's in-depth analysis on the final FERP...

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On December 1, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) finalized the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations. As explained in...

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Join DQC on Thursday, November 10, 3–4 p.m. (ET), to learn about the Data Quality Campaign’s (DQC) new framework offering four guidin...

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IBM provides a description of their decision management for student performance in order to use data about students' past and present performance to p...

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Those of you tracking the evolution of data-driven decision making across schools and districts might be interested in a new free resource from E...

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The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation have announced their Ed-Fi initiative that supports the goal of ensuring that all children have access to...

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This video by the Data Quality Campaign explains the importance of collecting and using quality data to transform our Nation's education system and im...

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WIRED magazine article provides information on how feedback loops are increasingly being used in our world today due to technology/devices to collect ...

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Ronald Thomas, assistant superintendent in the St. Mary’s County, Md., and Baltimore County, Md., public schools, shares his nine trut...

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Video interviews with Dr. Mark Edwards, Superintendent, and District Leaders of Mooresville Graded School District, NC about the importance of a ...

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Larry Cuban provides thoughts on DDD.  Within his article he reflects that "Data-driven instruction may be a worthwhile reform but as an evidence...

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Education data, used well, can help everyone make informed decisions – ones based, not on the loudest voices or the latest theories, but on the ...

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Join the Data Quality Campaign April 28th at a national event in Washington, DC to discuss critical issues related to protecting the privacy, security...

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Data solution allows the sharing of student information in real time electronically through the use of TIES Personalized Learning System, the same sys...

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DQC FERPA Webinar - Apr 14, 2011 12:30 PM - Apr 14, 2011 1:30 PM - Eastern Time On April 7, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) rel...

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Having the data is not enough. Data visualization that shows us data the way we understand and enjoy it!  Hans Rosling's 200 Countries in 200 Yea...

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Data-Driven Decision Making Replace hunches with solid evidence to drive decisions Eight steps to prepare a school district for accessing and inte...

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The imperative to use data to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the education system has never been greater. Efforts to use data must be acc...

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Washington, DC (December, 2010) – The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today released the fourth and final monograph from its four-p...

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Steve Midgley, Deputy Director, Office of Education Technology, United States Department of Education speaks out on the Department’s main purpose – to...

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By Vanessa Fox, O'Reilly Radar: These days, we hear a lot about open data, open government, and Gov 2.0. President Obama's Open Government directive h...

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Current state and federal reform initiatives rely heavily on the ability of multiple stakeholders to access and use information from statewide longitu...

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The Common Data Standards (CDS) Initiative is a national, collaborative effort to develop voluntary, common data standards  for  a  key  subset  of  K...

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Data are useful only when they are transformed into actionable information that people are able to access, understand and use. Thanks to federal, stat...

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Now that longitudinal data are collected, states must take actions to facilitate stakeholders’ use of the information to improve system and student pe...

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Secretary Arne Duncan invites comments on the draft National Educational Technology Plan. Announced on March 5, the plan describes how information an...

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Peter Gorman, the superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, is the 2009 District Data Leader of the Year. Gorman was honored today by the Data ...

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Date: Friday, January 29, 2010 Time: 2:00-4:00pm (EST) Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 325, Washington DC This event will also be ...

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Data Quality Campaign's informative newsletter is available online!

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Technology is a key part of the Obama administration’s school-reform efforts

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Prologue:  A tale of two boards of education—one focused on itself, the other focused on its students. You decide which you would rather serve on...

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Publication by Sharnell Jackson, President of Data-Driven Innovations Consulting Inc.

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“Until you have data as a backup, you’re just another person with an opinion.” Dr. Perry Gluckman, President and Founder of Process Plus, Inc.

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Learning, teaching, assessment, and productivity will provide the framework for the National Education Technology Plan scheduled for release in Januar...

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Oregon DATA Project Strand 2) In Data Driven Decision Making training participants gain an understanding of one of the primary tools for making susta...

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedente...

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The US Department of Education released a new practice guides in September. Links to these and other practice guides are available at: http://ies.ed...

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Here's what the public has to say as ED seeks a new vision for using technology to advance education

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Over the next three years, the DQC will continue to assist states in developing data systems based on the 10 essential elements and in using the infor...

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