Nebraska Department of Education

The Center brings together experts from four research institutions and three SEAs to study high-priority issues in the area of advanced and accelerated education.

This project is designed to enhance Nebraska’s SLDS infrastructure to support at-risk students, including youth who are state wards and court wards placed in foster care and other court ordered placements or facilities. Our work will aim to improve the educational experience of these students through strategic enhancements and modifications to Nebraska's Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) and associated policies and procedures.

The purpose of this project is to evaluate Workshop on Reading Development Strategies (WORDS), a comprehensive professional development (PD) program for teachers designed to support implementation of Tier 2 intensive interventions in reading for students with or at risk for reading disabilities in grades K-3. Many Nebraska schools have indicated that students with reading difficulties, especially those with cognitive or intellectual disabilities, have been disproportionately impacted by the ...

This project is designed to enhance Nebraska's SLDS infrastructure to better support interoperability across the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and with external customers.

Accountability Counts! was the theme of Nebraska’s 4th Annual Data Conference held in April,2011.

Data are one of an educational institution's most valuable, but underused, assets. At the Nebraska Department of Education and in our schools and districts across the state, we have collected and managed data about students, staff, courses, programs, and schools in order to report on the status and progress of our educational system to the people of Nebraska, its lawmakers, and the federal government.