Career and technical education (CTE) programs (programs that teach students specific workplace skills aligned with the labor market) may track data for lots of different reasons: to comply with funding requirements, to ...

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems grant-funded projects represent one of the most developed and systemic K-12 education data projects in U.S. history. This report reviews what types of K-12 data elements are included in ...

It's estimated that 65 percent of jobs will require postsecondary education by 2020. However, as the cost of college continues to rise and student debt burdens more and more Americans, many students as well as adults and ...

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which wassigned into law in 2014, places a new focus on pursing evidence-based practices in workforce development.

Data and digitalization are the foundations for a citizen-focused government. Successfully embracing the opportunities from new technologies and implementing the right initiatives will be key to staying competitive and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the workforce development system to quickly reinvent itself to deliver virtual services and serve new clients with unique needs. You want to respond strategically and seize this moment to ...

Offers 10 Essential Elements of Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems, 10 State Actions to Ensure Effective Data Use, and 4 Policy Prioriities for States to Make Data Work for Students

In 2014, the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative developed a framework for state and county leaders interested in evidence-based policymaking. This framework consists of five key components to help governments use ...

The goal of this brief is to equip governors especially a new governor and their policy or transition team, charged with developing an agenda for the first term of office to build research, evaluation, and evidence-based ...

Some states have collaborated with subject matter experts and data scientists from outside the state government this may allow states to increase their capacity for analysis at a minimal cost.