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Nancy Smith; Claus von Zastrow – Education Commission of the States, 2022
When the COVID-19 pandemic drove schools online in March 2020, state education leaders were left without access to data needed to understand how best to support students. The pandemic revealed the strengths and limitations of state education data systems while inspiring new strategies for collecting, reporting and using data. In 2021, DataSmith…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Data, Data Collection, Pandemics
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Conaway, Carrie; Keesler, Venessa; Schwartz, Nathaniel – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2015
State longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) have created more opportunities than ever before for rigorous research to influence education policy decisions. As state practitioners who play central roles in building and using our states' longitudinal data systems, we are excited about their promise for supporting policymaking and research. Yet, we also…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Longitudinal Studies, Data, Educational Research
Gross, Betheny, Ed.; Jochim, Ashley, Ed. – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2015
"The SEA of the Future" is an education publication series examining how state education agencies can shift from a compliance to a performance-oriented organization through strategic planning and performance management tools to meet growing demands to support education reform while improving productivity. This volume, the fifth in the…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Educational Improvement, Performance, Organizational Effectiveness
Branson, Gary V.; Steele, Donald J., Jr. – 1974
The purpose of this case study is to describe and interpret the process through which State-level policy decisions are made for the public schools of Tennessee. The report begins with a brief treatment of the socioeconomic environment and the political culture within which education takes place. State governmental arrangements for public school…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Policy Formation, State Agencies
Ervin, R. Ferrell – 1988
Based on the increased public pressure of the governors in Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky for higher education to make significant strides in "outcomes assessment," a national survey of the 361 colleges and universities identified in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication directory as having undergraduate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Departments, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation