CEPR Announces New Strategic Data Project Partners

The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University today announced five new partners for the Strategic Data Project (SDP). Albuquerque Public Schools, Denver Public Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District, The School District of Philadelphia, and The College‐Ready Promise will work with SDP.

SDP works with over 10 school districts and charter management organizations that collectively serve over 1.5 million students, 65 percent of whom are eligible for free or reduced lunch and 82 percent of whom are ethnic minorities. The Strategic Data Project, launched in 2009 with support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a national initiative that helps district and state education leaders increase student achievement by significantly improving how data analysis supports planning and policymaking.

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