Abstract Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, private EdTech companies and emerging digital education ecosystems have significantly reshaped digital governance in education. This shift has pressured governments into rapid digital transformation while also raising concerns about increasing...

The development of large and interconnected data sets has awakened educators to the value of strategically using data to inform education policy and improve instruction. Even with essential data systems and supports in place, districts face challenges related to the strategic use of data. This...

In 2010, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invited five states and three pilot districts in each state to participate in the Teacher-Student Data Link (TSDL) project. Mathematica developed a report presenting findings from 2011, the project’s first year of implementation. Building on...

No country has achieved sustained economic development without investment in education. Thus, education policy can play a vital role in facilitating development. But which types of schooling-secondary or tertiary-should public policy promote? This paper develops an analytical framework to...