Resources in the Guide
Case Studies
Checklist for Designing a Data Collection Instrument
Checklist for Formulating and Refining Data Collection Questions
Checklist for Justifying Data Collection Activities
Checklist for Planning a Report
Checklist for Presenting Data and Findings in a Manner That Is Appropriate for the Intended Audiences
Checklist for Selecting the Appropriate Sources of Data
Presentation Resources
Forum Guide to Strategies for Education Data Collection and Reporting (SEDCAR)
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The Forum Guide to Strategies for Education Data Collection and Reporting (SEDCAR) was created to provide timely and useful best practices for education agencies that are interested in designing and implementing a strategy for data collection and reporting, focusing on these as key elements of the larger data process. It builds upon the Standards for Education Data Collection and Reporting (published by the Forum in 1991) and reflects the vast increase over the past three decades in the number of compulsory and/or continual data collections conducted by education agencies. This new resource is designed to be relevant to the state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) of today, in which data are regularly collected for multiple purposes, and data collection and recording may be conducted by many different individuals within an agency.
