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From Apps to Announcements: Increasing School-Parent Engagement with Communications Technology
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreWest's Education group, the provider of SchoolMessenger solutions, surveyed hundreds of K-12 administrators across the United States to discover district attit…
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Integrating Research Results into Decisionmaking
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreThis presentation is intended to assist states with the integration of research findings from the SLDS into decisionmaking. It provides processes and strategie…
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Effective Reporting on Research and Evaluation Findings from the SLDS
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreThis issue brief is intended to help states and territories develop strategies for effective reporting and use of information from internal and external evalua…
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PTAC Teacher Training Focus Groups Report
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreThe Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) conducted a series of focus groups to gain insight into teachers’ needs for training on student privacy and the …
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Implications of Privacy Concerns for Using Student Data for Research
May 21, 2017Marie Bienkowski, SRI InternationalLearn MoreThe concluding panel of the National Academy of Education (NAEd) workshop on student privacy in education research made an effort to summarize the complex pers…
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Model: Using information to support student learning
May 21, 2017Learn MoreThis document tells the reader about important developments in the use of information The Open University holds about its students.
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Educator Data Use Journal Articles
May 21, 2017Learn MoreThe Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies is a national peer-reviewed publication that seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the consi…
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How State and Local Policies Address Data-Informed Practice
May 21, 2017Jo Beth Jimerson, Joshua ChildsLearn MoreNumerous actors influence how educational policies play out in practice, but this does not mean that policies themselves are without power. Policies are crafte…
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Balancing the Benefits of Educational Research and Student Privacy
May 21, 2017Learn MoreThis report reviews the benefits of educational research using modern data systems, the risks to the privacy of families and children, and technical and politi…
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A Conceptual Framework for Data-Driven Decision Making
May 21, 2017Brian Gill, Brandon Coffee Borden, Kristin HallgrenLearn MoreThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has funded four initiatives promoting strategicuse of data at the state and district levels (see appendix), requ…
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How leaders can support teachers with data-driven decision making
May 21, 2017Julie A. Marsh, Caitlin C. FarrellLearn MoreAs accountability systems have increased demands for evidence of student learning, the use of data in education has become more prevalent in many countries. Al…
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Illinois Instructions for Researchers Requesting Access to Personally Identifiable Information
May 20, 2017Learn MoreThe Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) collects and maintains a large amount of valuable data, andtakes seriously the responsibility of maintaining and u…