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The Arizona Education News Service is a resource for essential data and reports on education topics including achievement, funding, policy and reform, and legislative and legal issues. Use the filter tool to sort by topic or view reports chronologically from most recent.

Identifying Virtual Schools Using the Common Core of Data (CCD)

Since school year (SY) 2013–14, the Common Core of Data (CCD) has included a school-level virtual status flag, which has changed over time. For SY 2020–21, the Department of Education instructed states to classify schools that are normally brick-and-mortar schools…

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Capacity: 2018 SLDS Survey Analysis and Descriptive Statistics

The Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Survey was first administered in 2018, and asks all states and territories to provide information about the types of data that are included in their SLDSs, how they use SLDS data to inform policy,…

New Findings on Fourth-Grade Students Performing below NAEP Basic in Reading

The 2018 NAEP Oral Reading Fluency study assessed the oral reading fluency of fourth-grade public school students as well as the likely underlying sources of poor fluency.

How the Pandemic Is Affecting Schools’ Mandated Collection of Key Civil Rights Data

COVID-19 has complicated the work of gathering a vast store of civil rights data about schools that is required by the Education Department.

Gifted Education Comes Up Short for Low-Income and Black Students

Wildly disparate gifted education programs can give a minor boost in reading, but the benefits mainly accrue to wealthy and white students.

Tips for Navigating the Digest of Education Statistics

Have you explored the recently released Digest of Education Statistics 2019? The Digest is a great resource for education data on a range of topics from a variety of sources. Because of the report’s size (the 2019 edition has more than…

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