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Help Support Federal Data!
APDU is sharing a letter to Congress that describes the value of federal statistics to our work and emphasizes our support for federal data that guides private investments, state and local decision making, and the proper functioning of our democracy. If you agree with the content of this letter, please sign up here and we will add your name, title, and organizational affiliation to the growing list of organizations that share our concerns about the future of federal statistics.
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Job Board February 2017
APDU?s February Job Board can now be found on the APDU website. Thank you to all who submitted job postings for this month!
You can submit your job postings to: bbuff@crec.net.
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5 Q?s for David Hand at Imperial College
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with David Hand, a data scientist and emeritus professor at Imperial College, London. Hand discussed the opportunities and challenges of big data, and the role of data in policy and services.
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Will You Graduate? Ask Big Data
At Georgia State?s nursing school, the faculty used to believe that students who got a poor grade in ?Conceptual Foundations of Nursing? probably wouldn?t go on to graduation. So they were surprised, after an analysis of student records stretching back a decade, to discover what really made a difference for nursing students: their performance in introductory math.
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Surprising Lessons From Research on Data Dashboards
Last year, Blackboard developed new Learning Analytics functionality for the Ultra experience of Blackboard Learn that included student-facing data dashboards. While dashboards are commonplace in some fields (e.g. finance, healthcare), they are not widely used in educational technologies ? and when they are present, are primarily intended for faculty, administrators, and other professionals. There is little known about the impact of student-facing dashboards from educational research. To improve our understanding, Blackboard collaborated on a research study with Dr. Stephanie Teasley, Research Professor at the School of Information at the University of Michigan and Director of the Learning, Education and Design Lab.
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Data Fears and Downloads
Some education researchers have begun downloading federal data amid questions about the new administration’s commitment to continuing transparency efforts.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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National Transportation Statistics Updated
The U.S. Department of Transportation?s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) updated National Transportation Statistics (NTS) ? a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range of national transportation information. NTS consists of more than 260 tables of national data on the transportation system, safety, the economy and energy and the environment, of which 40 were updated today.
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Visualization of the Week
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California?s Energy Problem
The Los Angeles Times used a series of data visualizations and pictures to explain how the state?s energy prices have grown out of control.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS
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Did you work on a great report that you want your colleagues to know about? Just email us and we?ll include it here.
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Federal Rulemaking and Calls for Comment
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APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):
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National Center for Education Statistics
- 2017-18 National Teacher and Principal Survey (April 4, 2017)
- 2008/18 Baccalaureate and Beyond Field Test (April 4, 2017)
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