Public Comments on U.S. Department of Education EDFacts Data Collection for School Years 2022-23, 2023-24
January 14, 2022 by EdTrust Stephanie Valentine PRA Coordinator Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 6W208B Washington, DC 20202-8240 Download the Comments RE:…
Joint Comments on U.S. Department of Education School Pulse Panel Data Collection
December 01, 2021 by EdTrust Director, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division Office of Chief Data Officer Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development 400 Maryland Ave. SW LBJ, Room 6W208B Washington, DC…
Better Data for Better Early Learning Equity
January 04, 2021 by Carrie Gillispie Early learning programs are collapsing under the financial and logistical strain of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a July survey, 40% of child care providers, and half of providers of color,…
NAEP Results Make it Clear: States Must Have Transparent College and Career Readiness Data
November 19, 2020 by Sarah Mehrotra, Jonathan Davis In October, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) 2019 12th grade reading and math scores were released and with them came an early warning signal for how schools prepare students for college and careers. The…
Schools Might Be Closed, But Families Still Deserve Data on Student Learning
May 27, 2020 by Terra Wallin, Sarah Mehrotra Nearly 9 in 10 parents are worried about their children falling behind academically due to coronavirus-related school closures, according to recent Ed Trust polling data. And whereas typically, families could…
OPINION: States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funding
January 29, 2020 by Ary Amerikaner You’ve heard about the funding disparities between school districts. The more hidden disparities within school districts are just as troubling. Any debate about fairness in school funding has to start…
From Numbers to Insight: Leveraging ESSA’s School Spending Requirement for Fair Funding
January 16, 2020 by Ivy Morgan For decades, researchers have used federal data to show that within states, the districts with the most students from low-income backgrounds and the most students of color receive less funding…
Letter to U.S. Department of Education Regarding Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection
November 18, 2019 by EdTrust Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division Attn: Rosa Olmeda U.S. Department of Education 550 12th Street SW Potomac City Plaza, Room 9089 Washington, D.C. 20202-0023 RE: Docket ID: ED-2019-ICCD-0119…
The Education Trust Comments on the Department of Education’s Final Report Card Guidance
November 12, 2019 by Ary Amerikaner U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education ATTN: Report Card Document 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202 Download Our Full Comments RE: Opportunities and Responsibilities for…