SETDA partners with various educational organizations on a regular basis to help promote national leadership in educational technology and to build partnerships and provide leadership to advance learning opportunities.

The Speak Up 2007 national findings have been released. Click here to view findings. Nearly 370,000 students, teachers, administrators and parents from all 50 states shared their ideas on science, math, technology and 21st century skills through Speak Up 2007.

Washington Education Policy Summit
On March 11th & 12th CoSN, SETDA and ISTE will sponsor the 2nd Annual Washington Education Technology Policy Summit. Participants will hear from key leaders and policymakers about the latest education technology policy issues, including funding, E-Rate, and NCLB Reauthorization. They will also meet directly with Congressional staff. Visit CoSN Conference Site for more information.

SETDA is a Managing Partner of The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) which is a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers to improve the collection, availability, and use of high-quality education data, and implement state longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement.

CCSSO’s State Education Data Center launched SchoolDataDirect which includes a tool enabling users to download data directly from the website. Much of what is contained in the Coordinated Data Ask is available on this website and ready to download. For more information visit the SchoolDataDirect site www.SchoolDataDirect.org.