Washington Kids Count P-20 Project

Serving the Washington Policy Community with Effective Early Learning through Postsecondary Analysis

An effective P-20 approach to educational policy requires an integrated, seamless data system to support it. The mission of the P-20 Project is to create a data and policy framework to guide the design, collection, and dissemination of educational indicators spanning the developmental trajectory from early-learning through young adulthood. Supported by both a three-year grant of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and ongoing funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, project goals include:

1. Developing a conceptual framework that has constructs for student outcomes and educational investments across the different educational levels;
2. Defining key indicators to inform education policy analysis aimed at improving student learning in Washington state in early learning-through-postsecondary contexts;
3. Employing indicators in policy analyses tuned to a P-20 framework, with specific attention to its seams and discontinuities; and
4. Stimulating improved state and regional data collection among key policy stakeholders in Washington.