Working Group Motivation Data governance is a critical issue in the effective and safe management and communication of education data. The new resource is designed to complement existing resources …

Glossary of Common Terms Common Education Data Standards (CEDS): an education data management initiative whose purpose is to streamline the understanding of data within and across P …

Early Childhood Data Governance in Action! Initial Steps to Establish Data Governance Data governance provides a means to establish a common vision for early childhood data use in the state, …

Case Studies Through detailed case studies provided by members of the National Forum on Education Statistics (Forum), this document ofers an in-depth look at the challenges, successes, and lessons …

Data Governance Checklist Decision-making authority Assigning appropriate levels of authority to data stewards and proactively defining the scope and limitations of that authority is a prerequisite to …

Core practices for managing data requests that include detailed policies and procedures can contribute to a robust data sharing process that is understood by all parties. These practices can be customized …

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Publications The SLDS team produces various types of products to capture best practices from the field and meet the evolving needs of the community. This page includes Best Practices, Guides, Issue …

A product of these conversations, Answering Key Questions With an Early Childhood Data System is designed to support states working to create or To build a useful early childhood data system, states …

This guide is intended to identify some of the overarching benefits and challenges involved in data disaggregation; recommend appropriate practices for disaggregating racial/ethnic data in districts …