Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia partnered with the Niswonger Foundation and ten school districts in northeastern Tennessee to support students’ preparation for college and careers. To improve readiness outcomes and build educators’ capacity to support students’ learning toward these objectives, the partnership initiated the Data-to-Improve project. The project’s goal was to enable districts to use data to strengthen college and career readiness through improved programs, policies, and practices.
The collaboration resulted in a co-designed set of training materials that have been made generalizable for local education leaders interested in building district capacity to use data to enhance college-and career-readiness preparation in their own communities. The training materials are organized into four sessions that include the following topics: developing a logic model for college and career programming, identifying and prioritizing research questions, using multiple types of data and data analyses to answer key questions, and communicating action steps with a broad range of stakeholders.
Level 1 Session 1.1: Project Kickoff Meeting
Session 1.3: Prioritizing Research Questions
Session 2.1: Using Types of Data and Data Analyses to Answer Research Questions
Session 2.2: Sharing Data-to-Improve Action Steps
