Publications and Tools Home Publications and Tools The publications and tools on this page are designed to help you take action with the E-W Framework. Access at-a-glance resources for a look into what the framework has to offer, tools to help you explore and apply the framework, and additional resources from our partners and organizations doing related work in the field.Not finding what you need, or have a question or suggestion to share? Contact us here. Resource Listing 42 Resources Filter By: Categories Planning Data Collection Data Equity Evidence-based Practices Policy and Advocacy Resource Type Brief Fact Sheet Podcast Report User Guide Webinar Filters Applied: Clear All StriveTogether Strategy Spotlight | Kindergarten Readiness - Early childhood This two-page use case showcases practices of members of the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, including Cradle to Career Fresno in California and Spartanburg Academic Movement who are leading efforts to ensure that families and babies receive the care they need through universal and targeted strategies anchored in an E-W Framework essential question and key indicators. Evidence-based practices Image Education-to-Workforce Framework Data Tool Urban Institute’s Education-to-Workforce Framework Data Tool allows users to track outcomes and conditions—both at the local and state level—most critical to students’ success. Explore the tool, which empowers community organizations, policymakers, educators, researchers, parents, and students to work together to measure achievement and take action in their community. Planning Data collection Policy and advocacy Image Self-Paced Workshop: Introduction to the E-W Framework This course from StriveTogether provides a comprehensive overview of Mathematica's Education-to-Workforce (E-W) framework’s key components, including essential questions, indicators, metrics, and the Data Principles. This course is designed to help participants understand how to use the framework to connect systems and drive progress on critical cradle to career milestones. Planning Data collection Data equity Evidence-based practices E-W Framework Two-Pager for State Leaders This fact sheet highlights how state leaders can use the E-W Framework to improve outcomes in their state. Planning Data collection E-W Framework Two-Pager for Local Leaders This fact sheet highlights how local leaders can use the E-W Framework to improve outcomes in their communities. Planning Data collection E-W Framework Data Equity Checklist This document offers "at-a-glance" guidance for using data ethically and effectively throughout six phases of the data life cycle. Planning Data collection Data equity Image CEDS Connections for E-W Framework Indicators CEDS Connections offer “recipes” for tracking and reporting recommended indicators: they include data elements and step-by-step guidance for calculating indicators states can use when data are aligned with the CEDS data standard. To view Connections for E-W Framework Indicators, search for “Education-to-Workforce (E-W) Indicator Framework” using the drop-down menu or the search bar in CEDS Connect. Data collection Image Education to Workforce Pathways Diagnostic Toolkit State longitudinal data systems can enable insights about how students navigate pathways from K–12 education into higher education and the workforce and about where students may need additional support. The Harvard Strategic Data Project’s SDP Education to Workforce Pathways Diagnostic Toolkit offers a resource to help agencies to analyze K–12 data, college enrollment and completion data, and workforce outcomes. Planning Data collection Image Charting a Course to Quality: A Navigator’s Handbook to a Robust Non-Degree Credential Data Ecosystem This comprehensive handbook from the National Skills Coalition is designed to guide states in building and enhancing the data ecosystem necessary to evaluate non-degree credential programs. It offers practical steps and examples from states already leading in this area, so others can adapt successful models to their unique contexts. Planning Data collection Image Using Postsecondary Outcomes Data This best practice guide from QIP can help states promote postsecondary outcomes data to key education stakeholders, including K-12 districts and schools, parents and other caregivers, students, and policymakers, and help them use data to make data-driven decisions. Evidence-based practices Load More Explore the E-W Framework Components Data Equity Principles Essential Questions Indicators Disaggregates Evidence-based Practices