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College Readiness Predictors Don't Have to Be a Mystery

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SDP Fellow Eric Vanden Berk of Minneapolis Public Schools created a data system to track and measure factors that signal college-readiness in high school students. Early warning systems have proliferated in school districts across the country. Many...

SDP College-Readiness Diagnostic for Los Angeles Unified School District

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Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) partnered with SDP to produce the SDP College-Readiness Diagnostic for its district. The diagnostic analyses focus on 1) how students across the district progress toward high school graduation, 2) whether and...

Strategic Data Project Links Student Outcomes to Exposure to High Quality Instruction in Pittsburgh Public Schools

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During the 2013–14 school year, the Strategic Data Project (SDP) partnered with Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) to conduct a set of diagnostic analyses that documented patterns of students’ high school performance, college readiness, and postsecondary...

Harvard Project Unveils New Tool for Tracking Kentucky Students' Progress

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The SDP College-Going Diagnostic for Kentucky is featured in the following WDRB article. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Eye-opening data reveals which Kentucky students are succeeding after graduation and which aren't. A new online tool unveiled Monday morning...

The Hidden Value of Mixed Results

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Dr. Adriana Villavicencio discusses lessons learned from the impact (and lack thereof) of a NYC program serving Black and Latino boys. New policies in education often evoke excitement and buzz upon implementation—but lose attention if they later fall...

Three Takeaways From the New Harvard Report on Kentucky Public Schools

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The SDP College-Going Diagnostic for Kentucky is featured in the following WFPL news article. A new data tool from Harvard University is providing more specific insights into student performance at Kentucky’s public schools. The Strategic Data Project...

A Community College Where Student-Parents Are Supported—and Succeed

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When Madison College sent out a “basic needs” student survey a few years ago, a surprising statistic emerged: 42 percent of respondents were parenting young children, from birth to school age. Student-parents, who account for an estimated 18 percent of...

Encouraging Student Persistence: the LA College Promise

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Going around the room, each participant cast their memory back to share one word that defined the first weeks of college. Almost universally, the words returned to the same theme: overwhelming, lost, confused, disoriented. Though their stories were unique...

SDP College-Readiness Diagnostic: Los Angeles Unified School District

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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...

When Data Systems Are Asked to Do More Than They Were Built For: Moving From Compliance to Action

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In higher education, you will find that a lot of big data systems were built for one fundamental question: Did we meet the basic requirements? That compliance-first mindset does meet some needs. It helps produce standardized numbers that legislators...

Taking on Student Success in Postsecondary Education

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Postsecondary fellows and partner institutions team up with SDP to improve student outcomes with data. In 2020, with funding support from the Institute of Education Sciences, the Strategic Data Project shared insights collected from postsecondary leaders...