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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The father of a Beaverton middle schooler is challenging a new digital hall pass policy in a lawsuit filed against Beaverton School District — raising concerns over student ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The chairman of the Senate Education Committee indicated during an interim study on Monday that he would be interested in funding a long-term data system to keep track of Oklahoma ...

Pending bills in the Alabama Legislature would establish a State Longitudinal Data System to better organize student data collected at various points in their academic careers to allow education ...

Earlier this year, the Trump administration slashed the staff at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the statistical arm of the Department of Education. With so few people remaining ...

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Colleges and universities collect more data on students than ever. But raw data means little without analysis. With learning analytics, educators can turn data ...

Each school year, one important task on a principal’s plate is to review student-achievement data to identify trends and adjust goals. However, several common misinterpretations and misuse of such ...

Lawyers for pop star Taylor Swift have threatened legal action against a college student who uses publicly available data to track celebrities’ private jets. Jack Sweeney, who is currently a junior at ...