District of Columbia launches Education Through Employment Data System effort
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To better track employment outcomes for District of Columbia (DC) residents who have enrolled in the District’s K-12, higher education, and workforce programs, the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education has begun planning for the development of a centralized data system connecting data along the pre-K-to-workforce continuum. The office has been using the E-W Framework as a resource to guide the development of this system. Read more about DC’s plans and goals for the Education Through Employment Data System and how the framework has been informative in understanding what measures matter most.
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Are you interested in being featured on our website and future newsletters? Please contact us to share your experience using components of the framework to guide your work or improve education and workforce data systems.
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E-W Framework on Governing
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Governing provides news, analysis, and insights for America’s state and local leaders. In October, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mathematica partnered with the outlet to promote awareness and adoption of the framework.
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- Read an issue brief by Governing that outlines how the E-W Framework can help state and local leaders translate data into meaningful action and equitable outcomes. The brief emphasizes how the resource can bridge the gap between siloed data systems so education leaders can better understand how to help people achieve economic mobility and security.
- View the recording of a webinar hosted by Governing, featuring speakers from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mathematica, and the Washington State Education Research and Data Center, discussing how the framework can help decision makers prioritize and act on measures that matter most.
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Read our latest blog post!
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Author: Christine Pitts, Founder and Principal, Pitts Consulting, LLC; Founder, The Education Policy Hotlist
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Aggregated data often mask important differences in how students experience education and workforce systems. Many school and community leaders lack the disaggregated data needed to tailor support to students who need it the most. This blog post discusses how the E-W Framework’s 99 indicators and 25 disaggregates can help states identify gaps, patterns, and opportunities for improvements across communities.
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Resource spotlight: Source Frameworks at a Glance
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Throughout the development of the E-W Framework, we reviewed 41 existing measurement frameworks and consulted with over 50 contributors, 18 advisors, and five collective impact organizations. The Source Frameworks at a Glance resource explains how the E-W Framework builds on the strengths of other measurement frameworks to offer a comprehensive resource spanning the full pre-K-to-workforce continuum.
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Don’t forget about our other framework-related resources!
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Remember to visit the Publications and Tools 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.
- Data Equity Principles at a Glance. A snapshot of the framework’s seven data equity principles, the six phases of the data life cycle, and an example of a data equity principle in action.
- 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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As 2023 comes to a close, we want to recognize several major E-W Framework achievements this year. These accomplishments would not be possible without our partners in the field, and we thank you all for your support.
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- The Data Quality Campaign published 'What Now? A Vision to Transform State Data Systems,' which makes the case for why data access matters for students, families, policymakers, and system leaders. The brief refers to the E-W Framework (on p. 8) as a resource that states can use to guide data collection and reporting.
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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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