Improving The Federal Education Data System

 HIGHER ED PLAN WOULD SUPERSIZE BURDEN. Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee last week suggested expanding our use of IPEDS. But that plan only exacerbates the burdens of the current data system. New America’s Clare McCann and Amy Laitinen explain how a federal student unit record data system could make a big difference in the right direction. Read more at EdCentral.