ERDC received and is currently completing work on the following grants:
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded over $9 million in grants through the fifth round of funding under the Workforce Data Quality Initiative. The funds enable 9 states, including Washington, to build or expand longitudinal databases of workforce data and link them to education data to help improve the overall performance of workforce development programs. This grant opportunity is a sister initiative to the U.S. Department of Education's Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems grants for building longitudinal education databases.
In progress | Retrospective study of high school, workforce and postsecondary success that ties outcome measures to prior education and training | ERDC |
Future | Analytical data marts for researchers | ERDC |
Future | Standardized process to build research data sets | ERDC |
Future | Metrics for understanding the characteristics and workforce outcomes of educational staff | ERDC |
Future | Additional employment outcome measures | ERDC |
Future | Data quality and availability documentation | ESD |
Future | Research on labor supply | ESD |
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded approximately $27 million in grants through the sixth round of funding under the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems grant program. Sixteen states received funding to carry out projects to address up to two of six priorities focusing on data use:
This grant opportunity is a sister initiative to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Data Quality Initiative grants for expanding education databases to include workforce data.
In progress | Outcomes by juvenile probation sentencing | WSCCR/WSICJ | |
Future | Outcomes by juvenile detention sentencing | WSCCR/WSICJ | |
Future | Outcomes by type of juvenile justice involvement | WSCCR/WSICJ | |
Future | Outcomes for multi-system-involved children | WSCCR/WSICJ | |
In progress | Outcomes for adult vs. juvenile sentencing | SAC | |
Done | Standardized juvenile justice report | Standardized Juvenile Justice Report | SAC |
Done | Analysis of students involved in truancy petition process | Truancy in Washington State: Academic Performance and Education Outcomes among Truant Youth | SAC |
Done | Study on the effectiveness of financial aid | Persistence and Completion of Students Receiving Need-based Financial Aid | ERDC |
Done | Predictive models incorporating financial aid structure |
Unmet Need among Financially Needy College Students in the State of Washington Impact of Need-Based Financial Aid on College Completion: An Event History Analysis |
ERDC |
Done |
Analysis of postsecondary outcomes of lower-income high school graduates |
Choice of Major and after-Graduation Earnings |
ERDC |
In Progress | Intersection of post-secondary education and social services | Intersection of post-secondary education and social services | ERDC |
In progress | Incorporate P20W elements into data coaching | ERDC |
In progress | Cultivating communication with P20W data consumers | ERDC |
In progress | High School Feedback Report expansion | ERDC |
In progress | Earnings for Graduates report expansion | ERDC |
Done | Early Learning Feedback Report | ERDC | |
Done | Analysis of ESIT to ECEAP to K12 Services |
Analysis of Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) Associations between children’s participation in subsidized childcare and kindergarten readiness |
ERDC |
In Progress | QRIS linked to WaKIDS and third grade outcomes | ERDC | |
Done | Addressing modifiable community characteristics impacting school readiness | Every Child School Ready: Community, School, and Student Predictors of Kindergarten Readiness and Academic Progress | CAFRU |
Done | Creation of critical questions and research agenda for the use of TANF data | DSHS (ESA) |
Done | Linking TANF and ERDC data | DSHS (ESA) |
Done | Evaluation study of statewide prevention interventions for adolescent substance abuse and education outcomes | DSHS (RDA) |
Done | Study to identify predictors of educational outcomes for children and youth in foster care | DSHS (RDA) |
Done | Education Outcomes of Children Experiencing Homelessness | DSHS (RDA) |
Done | Evaluation of student outcomes in low-performing schools: The Characteristics of Schools With and Without Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention Schools Programs | ERDC/OSPI |
Done | No School Alone 2018: Community Characteristics, Academic Success, and Youth Wellbeing | ERDC/OSPI |
Done | Dataset supporting “Getting Ready to Succeed” | NRCHCF |
In Progress | Dataset supporting “Gateways to Juvenile Justice Involvement” | ERDC/WSCCR |
In Progress | Data Gap Analysis | NRCHCF |