Tools and Resources

Tools and Resources

The Strategic Data Project builds and shares tools and resources to help school systems and education agencies better manage, analyze, and use data to significantly improve student achievement.

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Data Strategy

Explore tools and frameworks to help education organizations honestly assess how they use data, strengthen analytic capacity, and make more effective, equitable decisions in service of student success.

Postsecondary and Workforce

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.

Human Capital

Access diagnostic tools and performance indicators that help systems identify, connect, and analyze key human capital data to better understand and support educator effectiveness and student achievement.

Tutoring and Academic Supports

Leverage implementation toolkits and data strategies to design, scale, and continuously improve high-dosage tutoring and academic support programs that reach more students with effective services.

College-Going

Draw on tools and research to examine college-going patterns, address summer melt, and use data to improve students’ transitions from high school to postsecondary education.

Data Hiring

Find practical, field-tested resources to help education organizations recruit, assess, and hire strong data talent, grounded in more than 15 years of SDP’s experience building analytic teams.

Early Childhood Education

Gain practical frameworks and tools to analyze early learning supply and demand and track outcomes from PreK through grade 2, supporting stronger systems for our youngest learners.

Diagnostic Toolkits

Diagnostic Toolkits

Comprehensive suites of tools offer structured frameworks and resources, such as the CTE and Education to Workforce Pathways diagnostics, to help education organizations evaluate and enhance their strategic use of data in decision-making.

Case Study

Case Studies

Detailed narratives and analyses of data-driven initiatives, these case studies provide real-world examples and insights into effective strategies and outcomes.

Informational Resources

Handbooks and Rubrics

Practical guides, including the Strategic Use of Data Rubric and college-going tools, provide step-by-step instructions and criteria to help leaders systematically implement data-informed strategies and assess their impact. 

Diagnostic Toolkits

Diagnostic Research Reports

In-depth reports provide real-life use cases for SDP’s diagnostic toolkits.