Topic: Data & Transparency

Joint Comment on Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) Data Collection

July 29, 2026 by EdTrust

Education and civil rights organizations submit joint public comment expressing concerns regarding the proposed removal of questions from the Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) by the Department of Education

Explore the Updated Opportunity for All Website

April 15, 2026 by EdTrust-Midwest

Michigan families, educators, and advocates deserve clear, accessible information about how our education system is serving students, and where we must do better

The Hidden Bias in College ROI Frameworks

files April 15, 2026 by Michelle Chen, Sebastian Kane

Most ROI models underestimate the value of colleges serving high proportions of students of color and those from low-income backgrounds by focusing solely on graduate earnings and ignoring factors like race, income, and local job markets. But there’s a fairer way to evaluate colleges’ true worth

Joint Comment Opposing the Department’s Proposal to Remove the Significant Disproportionality Data Collection Requirements

February 11, 2026 by EdTrust

Twenty organizations urge the U.S. Department of Education to rescind its proposal to remove the Significant Disproportionality data collection from Section V of the Annual State Application under Part B of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

EdTrust Comment on IPEDS Data Collection

December 16, 2025 by EdTrust

EdTrust comments on the revised information collection request proposing to add the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey component to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

How Trump 2.0 Upended Education Research and Statistics in One Year

article-cropped December 03, 2025 by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report

Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack

Joint Comment opposing the Department’s proposal to remove the Significant Disproportionality data collection

October 22, 2025 by EdTrust

Eleven organizations share feedback opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to remove the Significant Disproportionality data collection from Section V of the Annual State Application under Part B of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Joint Comment on Redesigning IES

October 16, 2025 by EdTrust

Twelve organizations share feedback with the Department of Education regarding the redesign of the Institute for Education Sciences

EdTrust Comment on Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) Survey Proposal

October 14, 2025 by EdTrust

Letter submitted in response to the Department of Education’s (ED) proposed addition of the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey component to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)