Breakout Sessions: RP3 Policy Perspectives; Tool Exploration; NEW Findings and Insights
3 Breakout Sessions
RP3 Policy Perspectives: What’s Happening in Texas Education Policy?
Priscilla Aquino-Garza, Educate Texas; Gabe Grantham, Texas 2036
The first two months of the 89th Texas Legislature will have passed at this point. Join us for an overview discussions that have taken place and what is still to come before session closes in June. Learn how your work might be of use to our policy partners as they advocate for Texas teachers, student, and communities.
Tool Exploration: Ed-Fi and Texas Education Exchange for Researchers
Jerry Lashley, Texas Education Exchange; Amy Musgrave, Texas Education Agency; Andrew Rice, Education Analytics
Looking for local, up-to-date, and granular data to enhance and accelerate the research efforts in your Texas research-practice partnership or collective impact work? The Texas Education Exchange – a collaboration between the Texas Education Agency, Education Service Centers, and Education Analytics – is building a low-cost, local district data warehouse based on the Ed-Fi data standard to provide a statewide solution. To date, 130 districts have data flowing into a local data warehouse, and about 800 more are in queue to begin loading their data by May 2025. Come learn how the technology works to provide data in standardized formats that can be used for scalable, cross-district research, as well as an introduction to the kinds of data housed in the Exchange. Bring your questions and curiosity for an interactive discussion on the Exchange and potential research efforts that could utilize these data.
NEW Findings and Insights: Tracking Education and Workforce Outcomes of Refugee and Asylee Students.
Toni Templeton, University of Houston, Education Research Center (ERC)
This session will share the recent findings from the University of Houston Education Research Center on the education and workforce outcomes of refugee and asylee students in Texas. Attendees will also discuss data collection practices in Texas public schools and explore the opportunities and limitations of those practices in monitoring and understanding experiences of students in this important subgroup.