SDP and EP programs aim to enhance education agencies' data capacity through support, training, and staff placement¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 2 studies · 1 qualitative r?, 1 design r? · q1
Currency · newest study 2013 · checked against its sources 2026-10-14 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? The SDP and EP programs are designed to enhance the capacity of school districts and other education agencies to collect, manage, analyze, and use data by supporting, training, and placing additional staff. → Kristin Hallgren 2013

q1 i? The SDP and EP programs' stated mechanism for enhancing data-driven decision making is supporting, training, and placing additional staff in school districts and other education agencies. → Hallgren 2013

Evidence¶

Kristin Hallgren 2013¶

Kristin Hallgren, Cassie Pickens Jewell, Celina Kamler, Jacob Hartog, Andrew Gothro. (2013). Companion Document for the Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers Year 1 Report: Laying the Groundwork for Data-Driven Decision Making. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/companion-document-for-the-strategic-data-project-and-education-pioneers-year-1-report-laying-the-groundwork-for-datadriven-decision-making

q1 · i? · qualitative · r?

Descriptive statement of the programs' aims as printed in the study overview. The article offers this as the stated purpose of the SDP and EP programs, with no effect size or outcome data on this page.

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation contracted with Mathematica to conduct an implementation study of the Strategic Data Project (SDP) and Education Pioneers (EP) programs, which aim to enhance the capacity of school districts and other education agencies to collect, manage, analyze, and use data through the support, training, and placement of additional staff."

Hallgren 2013¶

Hallgren, K., Jewell, C. P., Kamler, C., Hartog, J., & Gothro, A. (2013). Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers Year 1 Report: Laying the Groundwork for Data-Driven Decision Making. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/strategic-data-project-and-education-pioneers-year-1-report-laying-the-groundwork-for-datadriven-decision-making

q1 · i? · design · r?

The article's stated description of the two programs' purpose and mechanism: enhancing agency capacity "to collect, manage, analyze, and use data" via "the support, training, and placement of additional staff." This is a stated aim, not a tested result; no evidence or effect size is offered on this page.

"which aim to enhance the capacity of school districts and other education agencies to collect, manage, analyze, and use data through the support, training, and placement of additional staff"

Discussion¶

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