Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305S
Funds a state agency using its own longitudinal data system to answer its own education policy question.
States have spent years building statewide longitudinal data systems that follow students over time. Collecting that data is one job; actually using it to answer a live program or policy question is a different one, and this programme funds the second job specifically.
What is funded is a state agency using its own already-existing longitudinal data system to produce evidence for its own program …
A State agency (or State postsecondary system) using its own statewide longitudinal data system to produce evidence for its own education program or policy decisions, applying alone or with universities, research firms, other State agencies or local education agencies as partners.
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