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Education Data and COVID-19 Recovery: Resources for Leaders

Education Data and COVID-19 Recovery: Resources for Leaders

July 22, 2020

Two new reports from the Data Quality Campaign discuss the need for educational data as officials continue to make many, complex decisions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in recovery. The first report focuses directly on the importance of transparency and provides clear ways that education officials can use state education report cards, required under ESSA, to share data with the public. The second report shares “short- and long-term action steps that state and district leaders should take to ensure that research supports recovery.”