Build agency data capacity by supporting, training, and placing additional data staff¶

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Description¶

The strategy described in the study is to strengthen education agencies' data-driven decision making by providing "the support, training, and placement of additional staff." Rather than relying solely on existing personnel, agencies receive trained data staff whose placement is intended to build capacity to collect, manage, analyze, and use data.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Placement of additional trained staff within the agency
• Training and ongoing support for those staff

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• school district and education agency staff

Target Learning Goals¶

• data-driven decision making

Related Strategies¶

• Build agency analytic capacity by hiring technically skilled staff, partnering with vendors, and providing data-use training

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• 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