New! E-W Framework website now offers interactive features
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- The essential questions, indicators, disaggregates, and evidence-based practices can now be filtered, allowing users to quickly find content most relevant to their work. Search or filter results lead to detailed pages with more information for each element, such as individual indicators (for example, consistent attendance) or evidence-based practices (for example, high-impact tutoring).
- New pages include case studies, FAQs, and in-depth pages with additional detail about each framework component.
- Users can now navigate linkages between framework components to understand how they can be used together to drive improved outcomes. For example, the pages with details on each essential question (such as essential question 8) now link to related indicators, and the pages with details on each indicator (such as 6th grade on track) now link to related essential questions and evidence-based practices.
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Watch the short video below for a brief demo of the new website features.
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Need additional support navigating the website? Join Mathematica for upcoming office hours to address your questions about how to use new features or find what you need. Feel free to drop in at your convenience; no need to register ahead of time.
E-W Framework website office hours:
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Check out our latest blog post!
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Author: Kathy Booth, Project Director, Educational Data and Policy at WestEd
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Decades of research highlight stark disparities in educational attainment between racial and ethnic groups, as well as gender and economic standing. This blog post explains how states can use longitudinal data systems to quantify the factors that influence the pathways students take from education to the workforce, and how the E-W Framework can serve as a road map to designing more equitable policies.
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Recap: Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) conference presentation
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On September 27, representatives from Mathematica, Urban Institute, Mirror Group, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation led an interactive conference session called “Centering Equity in the Identification, Collection, Analysis, Reporting, and Use of Data.” Participants were introduced to the E-W Framework and the Urban Institute’s Education Data Explorer tool, a one-stop shop for nationally available education data. Education Data Explorer users can download data on indicators of system conditions (such as course offerings) as well as disaggregate indicators by student characteristics, as recommended in the E-W Framework.
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(Left to right) Representatives from the Urban Institute, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mirror Group, and Mathematica at the SREE conference in September 2023.
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Explore the E-W Framework in action
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From California to Iowa, states and localities all over the country are using data systems in innovative new ways to maximize equitable outcomes. We will continue to update the new case studies web page with the latest examples of our partners using framework elements or principles to advance educational and economic opportunity for all.
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Interested in featuring your organization as a case study?
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Please contact us and share your experience using the framework to be highlighted on our website or in future newsletters!
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Resource spotlight: Data Equity Principles at a Glance
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Throughout data-related projects, it is critical to consider how to minimize harm and maximize benefits with the data collected. The Data Equity Principles at a Glance resource offers a look into the framework’s seven data equity principles, how they were developed, and how they can be put into action to ensure ethical and effective data use.
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Don’t forget about our other framework-related resources!
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Remember to visit the Resources page of our website to find at-a-glance documents, visual handouts, and more. These include:
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- Framework at a Glance. An overview of the key components of the framework, its intended uses, and its core goals.
- Indicators at a Glance. An overview of indicator types, why they matter, how they were selected, and examples of indicators in action.
- Source Frameworks at a Glance. A look into the 41 source frameworks that shaped the development of the E-W Framework.
- Student Pathways. A visual exploration of student pathways to success and how education and workforce systems can support these journeys.
- Essential Questions Guide. A tool with practical guidance to identify fundamental questions about what’s working, what’s not, and how education and workforce systems can improve, along with how to explore the data that matter most to answer those questions.
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Have a question? Seeking additional support? Use the Contact Us feature on our website to send the team a message, and we’ll reach out to connect!
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The Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework (E-W Framework) is designed to promote data collection and use to advance educational and economic opportunity for all. The framework offers guidance for ethical and effective data use, essential questions and data that matter most, ways to disaggregate data to inform action, and evidence-based practices to drive positive change.
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