Education Week: Data

Dear Data, Please Make Yourself More Useful

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:05:00 -0400

Teachers should be involved in the design of the data systems they will use, Brad Phillips and Jay Pfeiffer write.

Statistics Agency to Review 'Best High Schools' Data

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:05:00 -0400

The National Center for Education Statistics is rechecking data on about 5,000 high schools after faulty information from the federal agency led to erroneous rankings for the high schools on U.S. News & World Report's "Best High Schools" list.

Achievement Gap Needs Further Study

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

How and Why Rankings Matter

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

Brain research shows that ranking teachers could lower performance for some, Karen Hunter Quartz and others say.

GreatSchools Finds a Niche in School Ratings

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

The school choice movement and No Child Left Behind have helped fuel the expansion of GreatSchools.org and other school ratings services.

Access to Teacher Evaluations Divides Advocates

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0400

Supporters of tying teacher evaluations to student performance differ over whether individuals' results should be made public.

Policymakers Weigh Gathering More Data for NAEP

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0400

Its governing board is looking at collecting more background data to help gauge why some states and districts perform better than others.

Data Reveal Disparities in Schools' Use of Restraints

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0400

New statistics show that students with disabilities and black students are most likely to be restrained or isolated in school.

The Rising Tide of Data

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0500

The importance of mining student data is drilled into educators before they even set foot in the classroom, but there must be a clear purpose in mind for its use, argues Kenneth Lopour.

Study Gives First Look at Data's Impact on Districts

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Early results are promising from a study of efforts in 59 districts to launch data-driven reforms.

Report Exhorts States to Put Student Data to Work

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Now that all states can collect data on students' progress, it's time to make it useful, says the Data Quality Campaign.

Report Puts Data Spotlight on Teacher Education

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

A wealth of information on teacher education programs is flowing due to Higher Education Act requirements.

Let's Focus on Chronic Absenteeism

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Lawmakers need to address the issue of chronic school absenteeism, Hedy Chang and Robert Balfanz write.

Survey Shows Nearly All States Can Track Data on Students

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:12:00 -0500

The sixth annual survey by the Data Quality Campaign finds that nearly every state now has a system in place for collecting longitudinal education data, but the hard part is putting all the new information to good use.

Gifted Education

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:11:00 -0500

A new report suggests ways states and districts can better serve gifted students even without spending additional money.