Agencies built multi-source linked data systems and worked to increase analytic capacity through hiring, vendor partnerships, and training¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Agencies built data systems that included linked data from multiple sources. → Cassie Pickens Jewell 2014 q2 i? Agency staff acknowledged the importance of data use and technically skilled employees, and worked to increase analytic capacity by hiring technically skilled staff, developing partnerships with vendors, or providing training to support data use. → Cassie Pickens Jewell 2014

Evidence¶

Cassie Pickens Jewell 2014¶

Cassie Pickens Jewell, Libby Makowsky, Kristin Hallgren, Jacob Hartog. (2014). Changing Education Agencies from the Inside Out: Year 2 Report on the Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/changing-education-agencies-from-the-inside-out-year-2-report-on-the-strategic-data-project

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Key finding from the case studies of SDP- and EP-partnered agencies. Agencies built systems with "linked data from multiple sources" and pursued three routes to analytic capacity: hiring skilled staff, vendor partnerships, and training. Descriptive finding with no effect sizes.

"Agencies have built data systems to include linked data from multiple sources; agency staff acknowledge the importance of data use and of technically skilled employees to support it, and they are working to increase analytic capacity by hiring technically skilled staff, developing partnerships with vendors, or providing training to support data use."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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