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 E-W Framework Indicator Alignment Template for Funders This workbook is intended for philanthropic funders working in the early education, K-12, postsecondary, and/or workforce sectors. The template offers prompts to reflect on how the Education-to-Workforce (E-W) Framework's 99 indicators align with your organization's work and helps you think about potential next steps for your measurement, learning, and evaluation activities. Planning Image 50-State Comparison: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Looking to better understand your state's education-to-workforce data? This resource from Education Commission of the States offers a 50-State Comparison of how states approach specific SLDS policies. Data collection Image The Statewide Longitudinal Data System Landscape This Policy Guide from Education Commission of the States pulls together recent reports, tools and surveys from the field and demonstrates an emerging consensus about the key elements of an effective state longitudinal data system that responds to diverse audiences’ needs. State policymakers can use this resource to assess their own data system against emerging best practices. Data collection Image P20W Modernization Diagnostic Tool This tool from WestEd serves as a comprehensive rubric to capture the dimensions and developmental stages necessary for a modern statewide longitudinal data system. The completed rubric can offer useful information to share with legislators, staff, and other interest holders to assess opportunities and barriers to modernization. Planning Data collection Indicator Readiness Brief This supplemental resource is designed to help framework users identify which indicators and metrics are likely to be ready for adoption and which need further development. Planning Data collection Image Issue Brief: Building an Education-to-Workforce Data Framework This issue brief from Governing discusses how state and local leaders can use the E-W Framework to adopt a more comprehensive, seamless, data-driven approach to supporting students on their journeys from pre-K to the workforce. Policy and advocacy Image On the Evidence Podcast: Using Data to Advance Equitable Outcomes from Pre-K through the Workforce This episode of On the Evidence focuses on efforts to advance equitable outcomes from cradle to career by making data more available and useful to state decision makers. The guests for this episode are Keith White of the Public Education Foundation Chattanooga, Naihobe Gonzalez of Mathematica, Sara Kerr of Results for America, and Ross Tilchin of Results for America. Data collection Data equity Policy and advocacy Image Opportunity for All Webinar: Aligning Data Systems to Address Disparities from Pre-K Through the Workforce In this webinar recording, three experts discuss how the E-W Framework can help state leaders increase data access, collect and use data to answer essential questions about students' experiences, and embed data equity principles into data collection and use. Data equity Image Webinar: Building an Education-to-Workforce Data Framework In this 60-minute webinar hosted by Governing, representatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mathematica, and Washington's Education Research & Data Center discuss how the E-W Framework can help decision makers prioritize and act on the measures that matter most. Planning Data collection Essential Questions Guide This supplemental resource offers practical guidance and tools to identify fundamental questions about what’s working, what’s not, and how education and workforce systems can improve, along with how to explore the data that matter most to answer those questions. Planning Load More Explore the E-W Framework Components Data Equity Principles Essential Questions Indicators Disaggregates Evidence-based Practices