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Behind the Numbers: Data Analysis for Action, with an Equity Lens

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“A lot of times we work in silos as researchers: you are either in the policy world or working at an institution. I’ve done both—and I’m all for bridging those worlds. It’s critical that SDP Fellows are aware of the policy conversations that are happening...

Identifying and Addressing Equity Gaps Across the Education-to-Workforce Continuum

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Reflecting on my journey to the SDP Fellowship, I am reminded of the students who have shaped my path. My career in education began as a college advisor with the National College Advising Corps in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There, I helped my students...

Student Assessment Equity Metrics

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The analyses in this guide explore demographic disparities in student achievement on state summative assessment data. Download R Code Download Data for R Template in R View R Guide

Preschool Supply and Demand Toolkit

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This toolkit provides resources and best practices for analyzing preschool supply and demand, and lessons learned from eight early childhood agencies. With clear supply and demand data, agencies can move from reactive decision-making to proactive planning...

Who’s Ready for Algebra 1? Expanding Access and Equity in Atlanta Middle Schools

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The most important thing to do with data is get it into the hands of the people who are actually doing the work. Will Melton Algebra 1 is often described as a “gateway” class, a pivotal moment that can shape the rest of a student’s K–12 education. Early...

Boston Public Schools & Minneapolis Public Schools receive 2022 Strategic Data Excellence Award from Harvard’s Strategic Data Project 

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BOSTON, MAY 13, 2022 — This year, Boston Public Schools used data to keep schools open even as the Omicron wave of Covid cases sidelined teachers and staff. Minneapolis Public Schools used data to design an equity-centered reorganization of the district...

Q&A with Nataya Lewis, Cohort 2 SDP-CTE Fellow Alumna

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As Director of Data Visualization & Analytics at Central Piedmont Community College, Nataya focuses on transforming data into clear insights that inform equitable action. She leads executive-level analytics and evaluation projects, strengthens data...

Supporting Students in a Fiscal Crater

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Considering equity and program efficacy in the face of looming coronavirus-induced budget cuts. This year’s coronavirus shutdowns hit during peak budgeting season, forcing schools and districts to triage current needs instead of planning for future ones...

SDP Fellow finds promising results from early-college program in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts early-college program is turning out to be one of the strongest solutions to the state's equity gap problems, according to experts, policy makers and educators. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/27/promising-results-early-…...

From Identification to Intervention: Using Equity-Centered Analytics Across the Postsecondary Student Life Cycle

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Read about five Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) using their data systems to provide more timely academic intervention, equitable advising, and proactive career engagement—ultimately improving student outcomes.

When the Data Changed the Question

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How could a program designed to promote digital equity end up creating new barriers to learning? That was not the question Andrew Hendricks and his colleagues expected to answer when they began studying Fresno Unified School District's one-to-one student...

Postsecondary and Workforce Resources

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Use diagnostic toolkits, extension tools, and practice guides to understand students’ postsecondary and workforce pathways, surface equity gaps, and inform action for improved college and career outcomes.