In this webinar, MAEC and the Cambridge Families of Color Coalition (CFCC) examine the challenges that families face in accessing and interpreting educational data. The findings shared and gained within […]
Data Driven Decision Making
Roundtable for Reform: A Conversation Among Superintendents
In this webinar, six current and former superintendents reimagine what it looks like when equity informs all discussions and decisions. Their roundtable discussion explored topics such as how to equitably […]
Data Collection After COVID-19: What Needs to Change?
Data collection halted during COVID-19 for many states, districts, and schools. In fall 2021, we are presented with a unique opportunity to interrogate the data we collect. What data do […]
Time to Act: How School Superintendents Keep Equity at the Center of Their Leadership
How can education leaders keep equity at the center of their own practice and in their districts and schools? In the wake of the national uprising to end police brutality; […]
Equitable Family Engagement, Part 1: Using an Equity Lens to Enact Systemic Change
In our first session, Michelle Nutter, Senior Equity Consultant, Center for Education Equity @ MAEC, discussed her use of an equity audit to conduct a systemic equity and policy review […]
Teachers’ Ability to Use Data to Inform Instruction: Challenges and Supports
This report describes an exploratory substudy on teachers’ thinking about data conducted in conjunction with the larger Study of Education Data Systems and Decision Making data collection and the implications […]
A Conceptual Framework for Data-Driven Decision Making
Mathematica Policy Research developed a conceptual framework for data-driven decision making (DDDM) based upon knowledge generated from Mathematica’s evaluation of the strategic data use initiatives and from existing literature on […]
Student Assessment: Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making
Principals know that student achievement data offer invaluable support for making good decisions about instruction. But how those data are used is critical. This white paper outlines five recommendations to […]
Data-Driven Decision Making in Education
In this webinar, presenters share best practices for organizing and using student data in order to better meet student needs. They also discuss processes for using and analyzing data at […]
Funding Gaps 2015
Funding Gaps 2015 provides an overview of funding equity by race and poverty concentration across states, while our State of Funding Equity data tool offers more detailed information for each […]