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Collaboration on research and the importance of federal data for NYC education policies
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the collaboration between NYC Public Schools and the US Department of Education on research and tracking outcomes. DOE officials discuss the importance of federal research and data in shaping NYC education policies and programs.
- Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences impact research beneficial to NYC and other districts
- NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) provides crucial comparative data
- Federal research informs policies on tutoring, after-school programs, and school support
- The Office of Civil Rights' data collection and analysis function is at risk, which is important for equity issues
- Federal data helps NYC compare its performance on various metrics with other large cities and states
Rita Joseph
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Thank you.
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Can you detail areas in which way New York City Public Schools and the US DOE work together to collaborate on research and tracking outcomes in schools?
Emma Vadehra
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Yes, so of course some of the most drastic cuts that have already been made at the federal level, started well before this week, were to the Institute of Education Sciences, which is the federal government's research entity, and those continued this week.
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I would say we along with that's not direct funding to us or our schools, but we along with districts around the country benefit from the research that comes from those entities.
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It's also the funding for NAEP, which is national assessment that we participate.
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We just got our results recently that lets us know how we are doing nationally and across the state.
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So the information we glean from that research is critical.
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Yeah.
Rita Joseph
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The data from that information also inform how you make policies and how you serve New York City Students.
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A lot of folks don't know that it comes from DC and how you look at this data, and then that's how you determine your tutoring, your your after school, and how you support schools.
Emma Vadehra
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Across the board we use research from IT.
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Yes, that's true.
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Dan, go
Daniel Weisberg
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ahead.
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In addition, Chair, it's a terrific point.
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You're absolutely right.
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We use that data to help shape policy.
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Some of the largest cuts we've heard about are in the Office of Civil Rights.
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And they have a very important data collection and analysis function as well that we rely on in part to see how we're doing on equity issues versus the rest of the country and versus other large cities and states.
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So that's another area that's at risk that while it doesn't involve direct grants to us, does they do that office does produce data that's very helpful to us.