Education Data Legislation Review 2020

Each year, DQC tracks state legislation from all 50 states and the District of Columbia that governs the collection and use of education data. This year’s report includes key themes, promising strategies, and next steps for state legislators.

State legislators have remained focused on making data available to address education challenges. More and more, policymakers are introducing bills that would address the information needs of students, educators, parents, and the public. However, most of this year’s education data bills focused narrowly on specific uses of data or specific student populations and would have a marginal impact on data use statewide.