U.S. Department of Education Federal Priorities for Education

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Advancing Education Reform Through the Use of
Data Judy Wurtzel U.S. Department of
Education Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development
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Presidents Overarching Vision
By 2020, America will once again have the
highest proportion of college graduates in the
world. President Barack
Obama, February 24, 2009
Comprehensive, CradletoCareer Strategy
Elementary(Grades K-5)
Secondary (Grades 6-12)
Post-Secondary
Early Learning (Birth-grade 3)
All graduates have opportunities for success in
the 21st century economy.
All students graduate high school ready for
college and career.
All students enter middle school with
foundational skills to tackle advanced subjects.
All kindergarten students arrive ready to learn
and remain on track to 4th grade.
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Our initiatives rely on high quality, timely
data to inform decision-making and improve
educational outcomes.
Strengthen Transparency and Increase
Accountability
Improve Instruction and Programs
Empower Families
Protect Student Privacy
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The Four Core Education Assurances
Raise standards and improveassessments. Recruit, retain support effective educators, andensure equitable distribution.
Build robust data systems that track student progressand improve practice. Turn around low-performing schools, focusing on dropout factories and their feeder schools.
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Standards and Assessments
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Transparency, including benchmark to NAEP
college enrollment college remediation
inclusion and accommodations in assessments.
Race to the Top
College and Career Ready Standards
Race to the Top - Assessment
Aligned, high quality inclusive assessments
Investing in Innovation
High standards and quality assessments
Title I IDEA
Guidance aligned to policy goals
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Educator Effectiveness and Data
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Transparency, including evaluation, use of
achievement growth data in evaluations, equitable
distribution
Race to the Top
Develop/support teachers leaders use
evaluations with student growth data for feedback
improvement track results of teacher
preparation professional development equitable
distribution
Race to the Top Assessments
Teacher Incentive Fund
Assessments that can inform evaluations
School Improvement Grants
Using high quality evaluations and effectiveness
data to inform compensation, equitable
distribution
Investing in Innovation
High quality evaluation and equitable
distribution
IDEA Title I
Educator effectiveness
Teacher Quality Partnership
Guidance aligned with policy goals
Tracking effectiveness of graduates and
preparing for high needs schools
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Turning Around Persistently Low Performing
Schools
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Transparency in identifying the persistently
lowest performing schools
Race to the Top
Interventions in persistently lowest performing
schools and reforming district conditions to
foster success
School Improvement Grants
Interventions in persistently lowest performing
schools and reforming district conditions to
foster success
Teacher Incentive Fund
Attracting, retaining and developing teachers in
persistently lowest performing schools
Investing in Innovation
Title I
Strategies for turning around persistently
lowest performing schools
Guidance aligned with policy objectives
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Data Systems and Use of Data
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Transparency demands require states to build and
operationalize SLDS
Race to the Top
Requires student and teacher links fully
implementing SLDS using data to improve
instruction
State Longitudinal Data Systems
Building data systems
School Improvement Grants
Using data to improve instruction
Teacher Incentive Fund
Using data in educator evaluations
Investing in Innovation
Using data to improve instruction and for program
evaluation
IDEA Title I
Guidance focus on using data to improve
instruction
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SFSF Reporting Requirements
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SFSF EDFacts Reporting
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ESEA Reauthorization College and Career Ready
Students
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ESEA Reauthorization Teacher Leader Data
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RTT Assessment Competition
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Better Data Is Needed For Decision Making At All
Levels