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Recent Press Releases
Data Quality Campaign Announces 3-Year Progress
As a managing partner of the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), the Education Commission of the States (ECS) helped in an effort to improve student-level longitudinal data systems. Released on Nov. 15th, the third DQC progress annual report shows six states having all 10 elements of a comprehensive data system that can track student progress from preschool through college, and 48 states having at least half the elements. The DQC was launched in 2005 to boost student achievement by improving the quality, accessibility and use of data in education. Read the full press release
To learn more, please download: Measuring What Matters
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12/11/2008--ECS Highlights Tools to Strengthen High School Transitions and Success  PDF...
12/5/2008--ECS Resources Highlight Opportunity for Career Preparation in High School PDF...
11/25/2008--Three new ECS Resources Shed Light on College Transitions PDF...
Download Governor Pawlenty's bio (Word or PDF) and photo (JPEG, 2.1 MB).
Check the archives
for older news releases.
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Setting the '08 Education Agenda - the ECS Briefing Memos:
Briefing memo 1 - Aligning Early Learning, K-12 and Postsecondary Systems
Briefing memo 2 - Benchmarking to International Standards While Protecting the
Public’s Traditional Commitment to a Comprehensive Education
Briefing memo 3 - Education as an Engine for Regional Economic and
Workforce Development
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