Check out our past events for on-demand webinars and summary resources of AYPF forums, discussion groups, and study tours.
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- Accountability
- COVID-19 Response
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- English Language Learners
- Assessment
- Research-practice partnerships
- Alternative Education
- College and Career Readiness in OST
- Carl D. Perkins Act
- Equity
- Deeper Learning
- First-Generation College Students
- Data Management
- Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Learning
- Intermediaries
- Career Pathways
- Justice-Involved Youth
- Educator Preparation and Professional Development
- OST System Building
- College and Career Readiness and Success
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Reengagement
- Deeper Learning
- Research Evidence in Policymaking
- Opportunity Youth
- Wraparound Supports
- Postsecondary Education
- Higher Education Act (HEA)
- Personalized Learning
- School and Community Partnerships
- Service Learning
- Skill Development
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Learning and Teaching Strategies
- Rural Populations
- Skill Development
- Social and Emotional Learning
- State-Level Policies
- Social and Emotional Learning
- Youth Experiencing Homelessness
- System Strategies and Approaches
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
- Youth Populations
- Youth in Foster Care
- STEM
- Work-Based Learning
- Policies & Legislation
- Youth with (Dis)abilities
- Youth Leadership and Voice
Using Student Surveys: Implications for Leadership and School Improvement Initiatives
This forum highlighted how student surveys are implemented and how the data from student surveys can be utilized to improve professional development.
Understanding the Use of Research in Policy and Practice: The Definition and Acquisition of Research
This convening focused on research application in educational policy and practice.
Research Use in the Common Core
This forum highlighted how studies can illuminate and strengthen the use of research in implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Using Student Surveys: Research Findings and Implications for Teaching and Learning
This forum focused on what has been learned through recent research on the use of classroom- level student surveys.
Research, Policy, and Practice: The Role of Intermediaries in Promoting Evidence-Based Decisions
This webinar highlighted the use of research-practice partnerships.
Transforming Remediation: Understanding the Research, Policy, and Practice
This webinar focused on the key principles that are needed to transform remedial education as well as highlighted promising institution-level practices.
The Use of Research within State Education Agencies
This forum highlighted work supported by the W.T. Grant Foundation that examines how state and local education agencies are using research to develop Common Co…
Districts’ Use of Research to Support Struggling Schools
This forum focused on how research has been used by school districts to help support struggling schools.
Beyond the Numbers: Data Use for Continuous Improvement of Programs Serving Disconnected Youth
This webinar highlighted the key findings from AYPF's forthcoming report entitled: Beyond the Numbers: Data Use for Continuous Improvement of Programs Serving …
Leveraging Local Resources: Promising Practices for Dropout Prevention and Recovery in Rural Districts
This webinar explored the use of state data systems for the development and implementation of early warning systems to address the dropout crisis in rural scho…
Creating State Accountability Systems that Measure College and Career Readiness for All Students
This webinar examined how states’ education accountability systems can be refined to more accurately measure progress toward high school graduation and college…
Navigating the Intersection of Teacher Effectiveness Policies and State Data Capacity: Nashville, TN
-This study tour provided an opportunity for state policy teams to learn more about the link between teacher-student data and policies around teacher effectiven…
Using Data to Improve Quality in City-wide Afterschool Systems: Lessons from Boston
This forum focused on efforts underway across the country to use data to improve the quality of city-wide afterschool systems and highlighted the work being do…
Using Data and Inquiry to Build Equity-Focused College-Going Cultures
This webinar focused on how to use data and inquiry to promote an equity-based college-going culture through the use of the Equity Scorecard.
Using Data to Improve Quality in City-wide Afterschool Systems: Lessons from Providence
This forum highlighted findings from the latest Public/Private Ventures evaluation of AfterZone, as well as focused on key levers that improve program quality …
The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School-Time Program on Academic Outcomes
This forum highlighted a new report from Higher Achievement, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that provides youth with a rigorous afterschool and academic summ…
Using Data to Align Resources to Create a Comprehensive Learning System
OverviewThis webinar focused on how outcome management systems support city and district efforts to build a system of comprehensive services to ensure all stud…
Using Data to Improve College Completion Rates: Key State Actions and Implications for Policy
Overview Though our nation has made great strides in increasing access to college for more young Americans, completion of college remains an area of chall…
Data Driven Educator Development
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) hosted a site visit and learning exchange to New Orleans, Louisiana entitled…
Getting the Right Data to the Right People: How to Present and Communicate Data to Educators, Administrators, and the Public
-OverviewThe American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) are leading a site visit and learning exchange to Little Rock, Arkansas ent…