On October 26, 2021, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a technical working group (TWG) panel of experts representing practitioners in data science education and related fields, educators from K–12 and higher education, state and local education agencies, industry, and education research to provide recommendations on the steps IES can take to improve the state of data science education research. The purpose of this TWG meeting was to advise IES's National Center for Education Research (NCER) and National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) on: 1) the goals for K–12 data science education research, 2) how to improve K–12 data science education practice, 3) how to ensure access to and equity in data science education, and 4) what is needed to build an evidence base and research capacity for the new field.
