Afro

Ringing the alarm for civil rights data in schools

A Civil Rights Data Collection report found that Black students are overrepresented in special education programs and disciplinary actions, comprising 33 percent of school-related arrests and 20 ...
FedScoop

Education Department gives colleges three months to submit new admissions data

Unlike the traditional IPEDS survey, the agency is requesting seven years of applicants’ data in a single submission.
Frontiers

How do we collect all this data? A performative account of International Large-Scale Assessment data collection in times of systemic diversity

International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) serve to monitor and benchmark educational achievements, providing accurate, ...
FedScoop

Trump’s push for more admissions data collides with a hollowed-out Education Department

The Trump administration wants the Education Department to collect more college admissions data, even as it slashes the very staff that ensures the statistics are credible and accurate. From early ...
Education Week

Dramatic Cuts to Ed. Data Programs Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences, Researchers Warn

Dramatic cuts at the U.S. Department of Education have left a “skeletal staff” at offices that oversee research and troves of education data, putting efforts to improve schools at risk, a coalition of ...