Promising Practices in Creating an Equity Framework. Policy Brief

Emerging practices in both K-12 and higher education hold great promise in the establishment of equity frameworks. The use of finely disaggregated data, the effort to track additional student groups, and related work, all help to establish policies and tools to monitor the impact of reform efforts to address inequities. State programs and initiatives that employ aspects of the proposed equity framework are highlighted in this final Policy Brief in the series. This brief delves into specific state examples, including Massachusetts, where the department of higher education crafted an equity framework to address inequities for Black and Latino students, who are often placed into developmental education; and Washington, where a school district used disaggregated data in a meaningful way to provide services for its students. This brief is the third installment in a three-part series on how the use of an equity framework can support success for students who are underserved in educational settings. [For "Creating an Equity Framework That Supports Underserved Students. Policy Brief", see ED620218. For "Using Student Data to Address Inequities. Policy Brief", see ED620217.]