Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Twenty questions essential for E-W data systems to answer about how students are progressing from early education through career—and using the answers to guide action.
View QuestionsINDICATORS
Ninety-nine student outcomes and milestones and related system conditions associated with economic mobility and security, plus guidance on how to measure them.
View IndicatorsDISAGGREGATES
Twenty-five characteristics that E-W systems should use to break down data, plus guidance on how to collect them.
View DisaggregatesEVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES
Twenty-six examples of practices shown to move the needle on key outcomes and system conditions, plus guidance on how to select them.
View PracticesDATA EQUITY PRINCIPLES
Seven principles for centering equity throughout the data life cycle to encourage more ethical and effective data use, plus guidance on how to apply them.
View PrinciplesAbout the Framework
The E-W Framework offers guidance for using data to promote equitable outcomes and economic security for all. Developed with input from leading experts from over 15 national and community organizations, it highlights key connections needed between systems to support students as they progress from early education through their career.
Data in Action: Education-to-Workforce Case Studies
Grounding DC’s Education Through Employment Data System in Equity and Economic Opportunity
California's Cradle-to-Career Data System
Access to Student-Level FAFSA Completion Data in Iowa
ImpactTulsa’s Child Equity Index
National Student Clearinghouse Postsecondary Data Partnership
Elevating Social-Emotional Learning in CORE Districts
E-W Framework Report
The E-W Framework report (August 2022) lays a foundation for organizations to work together to share data across sectors to support students as they progress from early education through their career. Reflecting input from over 30 experts and more than 40 frameworks, the report offers guidance for what matters most to measure and how to use data to drive positive change.
News & Events
How State Data Systems Can Help Improve Education and Workforce Outcomes
Register to join our partners at the Data Quality Campaign and Results for America for a webinar on July 18 that will bring state and community leaders together to discuss the importance of equitable…
Webinar on Aligning Data Systems to Address Disparities from Pre-K Through the Workforce
Register now for this event on June 13 to hear experts discuss the critical questions longitudinal data systems must be able to answer and how the E-W Framework can inform data modernization efforts.
What Now? A Vision to Transform State Data Systems to Inform Pathways through Education and the Workforce
In this resource, the Data Quality Campaign describes the types of E-W data access people need, including four uses cases in which SLDSs are required to support decisionmaking.
Key Technology Opportunities for the First 200 Days of 2023
In this memo, the Tech Talent Project lays out actions states can take right now to modernize their E-W data systems, including using the E-W Framework to align on their goals and priorities.
What Now? States Must Act to Meet People’s Data Access Needs
In this resource, the Data Quality Campaign describes what state and federal governments can do to ensure that users of E-W data systems can access the data they need to make decisions.
The State of the American Student: A Guide to Pandemic Recovery and Reinvention
This report by the Center on Reinventing Public Education describes how states can support recovery efforts, including tracking key indicators of student progress from pre-K to the workforce.