1. Using Data to Produce Gains
A Briefing with Virginia Legislators
November 10, 2015
Aimee Rogstad Guidera, President & CEO

2. We believe when students, parents, educators, and policymakers have the right information to make decisions, students achieve their best.

3. We must change the culture from compliance...
FEDERAL
SCHOOL
HOME
STATE
SERVICES
CLASSROOM
...to empowerment

4. When data are used well, they...
CHANGE CONVERSATIONS
INFORM DECISIONS
INSPIRE ACTION
IMPROVE RESULTS

5. A Decade of Progress 10 Essential Elements: 2005  2011
10 Actions: 2011
 2014

6. People won’t use data if: It isn’t valuable to them
They don’t have access
They don’t know how to use it
Tell people to access the “10 things we would lose online”
They don’t trust it

7. Progress on Effective Data Use
Link P–20W data systems
Create stable, sustained support
Develop governance structures
Build data repositories
Timely
Access
Linkages
Training
Provide timely data access
Create individual student progress reports
Create longitudinal reports
UPDATED 2011 AND 2014 STATE ACTIONS
Develop research agenda
Build educator capacity
Raise awareness of available data

8. State Legislative Activity to Safeguard Student Data
2015

9. Safeguarding Student Data at All Levels of Government
FEDERAL
COPPA
FERPA
PPRA
STATE
Communicate value of data
Governance
Continually
improve
policies & practices
DISTRICT
Transparency
Build capacity
for data use
Clear roles &
responsibilities
Privacy & security policies
Training

10. Data needs to be the beginning of the story, not the end.
In a culture that values and uses information to drive continuous improvement…
Data needs to be the beginning of the story, not the end.
Data
Data
Data
Data

11. dataqualitycampaign.org

12. Appendix: Key Resources
DQC Fact Sheet
Theory of Action
Key Advocacy Strategies
Data for Action 2014
Empowering Parents with Data Fact Sheet
Empowering Parents and Communities through Quality Public Reporting
Mr. Maya’s Data-Rich Year Infographic
Ms. Bullen’s Data-Rich Year Infographic
Supporting Students in Foster Care: Collaboration Between Education and Child Welfare Agencies is Key
Student Data Principles
Student Data Privacy Legislation: What Happened in 2015, and What Is Next?
Who Uses Student Data?