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Components

Goal, Process & Components

Policy Recommendation

Survey Questions to Ask

Case Studies

Supporting Research


Leadership Documents

Policy Makers

Teachers & Administrators

Parents & Community Leaders

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Next Steps

Tool Participants

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County, State & Federal Policy Makers

The printer friendly documents to your right have been developed as a starting point for SETDA members and other educational leaders to share with county, state, and federal policy makers emphasizing the necessity for robust statewide data systems to ensure proper NCLB compliance, but more importantly to improve teacher quality and individualize instruction for all learners.

Goal
To become a consistent resource and advocate on the potential of statewide data systems to address:

  • Economic Development & Jobs
  • Student Achievement & Teacher Effectiveness
  • Global Competitiveness
  • Closing the Gap: Access for All
  • NCLB Compliance

Strategies & Audiences

Collect the names, titles, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of each of the following audiences within your state. Reaching out to them consistently with agency news articles, facts, press releases, and progress is critical to becoming a data source for them as they make policy decisions.

State Contact List

  • Education Policy Contacts in State Legislative Offices
  • Education Policy Contacts in Governor’s Offices
  • State Board of Education
  • Colleagues in the State Department of Education
    • MIS Professionals
    • Curriculum Professionals
    • Virtual Learning Professionals
    • Assistant Superintendent or Equivalent
    • Professional Development Professionals
    • Assessment Professionals

County Contact List

  • Elected County Supervisors or Executives
  • Elected County Legislators
  • County Boards of Education

Federal Contact List

  • Education Policy Contacts in Federal House Offices
  • Education Policy Contacts in Federal Senate Offices
  • Federal Liaisons in the State Superintendent’s Offices

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Printer Friendly Documents

Letter to State Legislature
[Word doc, 49 KB]

Sample Testimony - Data Legislative Testimony
[Word doc, 58 KB]

Presentation of Benefits
[PDF, -- KB]

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What People Are Saying...

“Working through this process has provided me an opportunity to learn with my peers and develop tools that will help SETDA members make the case for statewide data systems within their states.”

Larry Cocco
Manager
Educational Technology
New Jersey Dept. of Ed.