A Vision and Roadmap for Education Statistics (2022) / Chapter Skim
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RISE UP TO MEET 21ST-CENTURY EDUCATION DATA ECOSYSTEM NEEDS Education in the United States is changing rapidly as student bodies become more diverse, more students enroll in postsecondary education, and technology plays a greater role in learning. Education data and policymakers' appetite for rigorous evidence have advanced rapidly as new data sources come online and the federal government pushes for more and better data, through efforts including the Foundations for Evidence-Based 5
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The Center can also invest some internal resources to activate external resources as a force multiplier, by aligning those external resources to its strategic plan. While there is much work to do, if NCES seriously acts on these recommendations, the Center can take the helm as a meaningful leader in the nation's education data ecosystem.
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Theme: Develop a Strong Strategic Plan to Make Tough Decisions RECOMMENDATION 2-1: To direct its future, NCES should develop and implement a bold strategic plan that incentivizes innovation and creative partnerships and that will produce relevant, timely, and reliable statistical products to assist education decision makers at every level of government. NCES should develop and begin implementation of the plan within 1 year of the release of this report.
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It is essential for IES and ED to empower NCES to manifest its vision and strategic priorities. Together, ED, IES, and NCES are advised to revisit and update internal policies and procedures, to ensure that NCES operates under well-established principles and practices for federal statistical agencies (NASEM, 2021b)
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The Evidence Act effectively expands NCES's mission by giving statisti cal agencies new data-acquisition authority, duties to facilitate data access, and new roles and relationships in evidence building. The Evidence Act establishes NCES's commissioner as the chief statistical official (SO)
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As a significant producer of education statistics, NCES's data collections, methods, and products should accurately measure contemporary diverse populations and their lived experiences. To maintain relevance, NCES will need to intentionally consider DEIA issues throughout the data life cycle, from data collection through analysis and publication, including by engaging with members of diverse communities and instilling a culture of DEIA throughout the Center's staff.
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The language could ask respondents to allow linkages to other data, could ask for recontact for future requests, or could establish other levels of permission, depending on the respondent popula tion. NCES is advised to look to other federal statistical agencies for best practices when drafting statements regarding privacy of survey r espondents' data and its potential uses.
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Theme: Expand Engagement and Dissemination for Greater Mission Impact NCES is the nation's premier statistical agency concerning education. Thus, the Center should be a primary source of data for Congress, the White House, federal agencies, state and local policy makers, students and their families, education practitioners, researchers, the civil rights– monitoring community, the news media, advisory boards, and professional associations.
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Expand NCES's Role Enabling Data Access to Serve and Engage Stakeholders RECOMMENDATION 4-4: NCES should strengthen state capacity to link data across systems, adopt shared data standards, and provide actionable information to state and local education agencies to help improve student learning outcomes. NCES can leverage its Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program to achieve this goal.
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NCES can streamline data linkage, prepare and curate data, develop templates, and simplify processes. NCES could provide guidance to state and local data providers regarding best practices for establishing and configuring data infrastructure.
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Regarding timeliness, NCES is encouraged to engage with stakeholders about their needs and then determine what is feasible, while exploring acceptable quality tradeoffs to decrease lag time. NCES, in collaboration with IES, is also advised to conduct a top-to-bottom review of both NCES and IES Standards Review Office5 quality assurance processes, to revise review criteria for products requiring improved timeliness, with a goal of being transparent about quality tradeoffs.
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The panel finds that NCES is in danger of losing institutional knowledge and innovation capabilities because of decreasing staff size, increasing reliance on contractors, and the Center's current organizational structure. While many organization-related recommendations will be dependent on the specifics of the Center's strategic plan, some important activities need to take place as part of the strategic-planning process.
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