Feds Hold School Report Card “Design Challenge”
November 14, 2018
Alyson Klein reports for Education Week that one of ESSA’s challenges is that school report cards must now include a ton of new information. The question, then, is how states can ensure this information is comprehensible for the public? “Enter the U.S. Department of Education’s ‘Report Card Design Challenge,’ held in Washington earlier this month.” Secretary DeVos’ staff “put an all-call out to teams of graphic designers, district and state leaders, data wonks, and other specialists from around the country to take a crack at coming up with a user-friendly report card that includes all of the information required under ESSA.” They also “invited parents, policy wonks from organizations like the Data Quality Campaign, and state officials to offer feedback on those designs.”