NCES Data Use Project

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NCES Data Use Project
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NCES Data Use Project

• Goal
• Help inform states and districts efforts to
  provide effective decision support systems to
  schools and classrooms designed to support
  improving student outcomes
• Addressing needs expressed by states and
  districts

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Current Activities

• Understand
• Data use in schools
• Frameworks for data use
• Research on data use
• Review of literature
• Conversations with experts
• Researchers
• Education organizations
• Practitioners

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Data Use Today

• Data collection surpasses analysis and use
• Schools develop and use own systems
• Barriers vs. facilitators to data use
• Research on effective data use beginning
• Promising practices on the rise

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Upcoming Department of Education Publications

• Institute of Education Sciences Practice Guide
• Using Student Achievement Data to Support
  Instructional Decision Making
• Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy
  Development
• Use of Education Data at the Local Level From
  Accountability to Instructional Improvement
• Supporting Teachers Ability to Use Data to
  Inform Instruction
• Subscribe to IES updates via e-mail
• ies.ed.gov/newsflash/

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Fall 2009 Activities

• Identify what additional information would help
  increase effective data use
• Identify and disseminate promising practices
• Questions to be answered with data
• Data content
• Data delivery format
• Data use supports and infrastructure
• Data informed decision making

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Questions or Comments?

• Kashka Kubzdela
• National Center for Education Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education
• 1990 K Street, NWRoom 9014Washington, DC
  20006
• Telephone [phone]
• Email Kashka.Kubzdela_at_ed.gov

Sandy Eyster Education Statistics Services
Institute American Institutes of Research
1990 K Street, NWSuite 500Washington, DC 20006
Telephone [phone] Email seyster_at_air.org