About Us
The P-20W+ Community of Innovation (COI) Overview
The Community's goal is to accelerate the progress states are making to modernize their systems that securely manage data, from preschool through K-12, and into college and/or the workforce.
Effective state data systems can present a fuller picture of student and worker experiences and outcomes, giving state leaders solid data to inform decisions for improvement.
The COI unifies voices, state and solution provider alike, from across the P-20W+ landscape to complement existing efforts in this ecosystem as well as break new ground.
By gathering together, we believe we can begin to achieve scale.
History
The P-20W+ Community of Innovation (COI) was born from a recognition that while there are many communities of practice within the varied stages of early childhood, K-12, Postsecondary, and Workforce data efforts, there wasn't a single, gathering point for thinkers working across these arenas.
Our Community brings those people together to accelerate progress in the modernization efforts uniquely required of the P-20W+ space.
By forging groundbreaking partnerships among state agencies, technology industry partners, and data advocates, our mission is to accelerate the modernization process for state data systems spanning preschool through K-12, and on into college and or the workforce.
This unique community, co-stewarded by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and Applied Engineering Management Corporation (AEM), is developing and curating supportive toolsets, technical assets, and guides designed to enable scale, align the market, and share innovation experiences for the benefit of all state organizations across the P-20W+ landscape.
Mission, Vision, and Purpose
The P-20W+ Community of Innovation’s (COI) mission, vision, and three-fold purpose are:
Mission: To Enable cost-effective, efficient, and accessible P-20W+ systems to derive actionable data insights to reduce time to value, lower risk and cost for P-20W+ modernization efforts.
Vision: Leverage deep experience from states and expertise from solution providers to develop capabilities, artifacts, and products around common P-20W+ use cases to support modern P-20W+ data pipelines.
Purpose:
- Accelerate progress of core states’ modernization efforts.
- Align the market around common language, methodologies, and technical approaches to enable innovation and scale for states.
- Structure and document the modernization experience to inspire and enable other states to be “fast followers.”
Approach
The P-20W+ Community of Innovation (COI) connects leaders across the data and technical space in order to plan, guide, and deliver high-impact supports that reflect a broad range of insights and experience. The COI follows proven practices. Our model is to work intensively with a few core states, move as quickly as possible, and share the resulting resources and experiences via our website, the Data Accelerator, for the benefit of all.
To do this, we convene a group of experts from state agencies, technology companies, education advocates, and others in the Community who are interested in a given project, we scope the work together, and then execute as a team.
The COI's work is comprised of a series of projects, such as developing a scan of best-in-class approaches to streamlining P-20W+ data access and creating playbooks to inform state efforts to establish a new P-20W+ data governance approach for faster and more efficient data access.
Some examples of recent project outputs are included below:
Governance and Gathering Model
The P-20W+ Community of Innovation (COI) follows a collaborative stewardship model.
Steward Partners
The Co-Steward Partners are currently (2023) representatives from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and AEM Corporation.
Steward Partner Responsibilities
As steward partners, CCSSO leads and directs the community, while AEM manages, facilitates, and delivers the COI's activities.
Core Group
The Core Group, currently (2023) includes representatives from the following organizations:
- Amazon Web Services
- California Cradle-to-Career
- Innovate Ohio
- Microsoft
- New Mexico Department of Education
- New Mexico Higher Education Department
- Ohio Department of Administrative Services
- South Carolina Department of Education
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Texas Workforce Commission
Core Group Responsibilities
The Core Group defines and convenes Project Groups to address prioritized efforts.
Advisory Group
The Advisory Group, currently (2023) includes representatives from the following organizations:
- Amazon Web Services
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Data Quality Campaign
- Early Childhood Data Collaborative
- Education Commission of the States
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
- National Association of State Workforce Agencies
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Public Education Support Fund
- Schmidt Futures
- State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
- Walton Education Coalition
- Walton Family Foundation
- WestEd
- Key Stakeholders
Advisory Group Responsibilities
The Advisory Group informs the Core Group about P-20W+ trends and challenges to influence how the Core Group defines the COI's priorities. The Advisory Group also provides information to the Core Group about what kinds of external engagements might support the COI's work.
Project Group
Project Groups are formed to support the various projects the COI undertakes and are made up of COI members with interest and expertise in the project areas at hand. Their membership varies from project to project.
Project Group Responsibilities
Project Groups are responsible for defining, scoping, and executing the COI project prioritized by the Core Group.
Execution Partners
Execution Partner Responsibilities
Key Stakeholders
The Key Stakeholders Group, currently (2023) includes representatives from the following organizations:
- 1edtech
- A4L
- Amazon Web Services
- Applied Engineering Management Corporation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- California Cradle-to-Career
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- Credential Engine
- Data Quality Campaign
- Double Line Partners
- Early Childhood Data Collaborative
- Ed Analytics
- Ed-Fi
- Education Commission of the States
- Innovate Ohio
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
- Microsoft
- National Association of State Workforce Agencies
- National Center for Education Statistics
- New Mexico Higher Education Department
- NPESF
- PESC
- Schmidt Futures
- South Carolina Department of Education
- State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
- Student 1
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Walton Education Coalition
- Walton Family Foundation
- WestEd
Key Stakeholder Responsibilities
Key Stakeholders advise the Core Group about data and technical infrastructure needs in the P-20W+ arena. They help inform the Core Group about where to focus its creative and problem solving energy. They are kept abreast of COI work and are invited to be reviewers or testers of COI products before those products are released to the public domain.
Resources
Learn more about the P-20W+ Community of Innovation (COI), explore the resources they build and curate, and connect with them through the Data Accelerator.