The Transformative Potential of Data for Learning - September 2023

There is a clear need to build the capacities of of the world’s data was the education and training workforce to have generated in the last two years alone the agency to steer the data revolution in the (Statista, 2022) service of global educational equity, quality and inclusion. [...] Therefore, every actor in the education system should Both critical data skills and technical digital have the necessary data-related competences to competences are lacking around the world, posing ensure effectiveness, accountability, compliance, significant barriers to the safe and effective use of privacy and security in the use of education data to data in education. [...] The Transformative Potential of Data for Learning 11 “Despite the desire to make global nature of data flows, minimal international education a global common good, cooperation on data governance and regulation the role of commercial and private impedes the realization of data for learning as a interests in education continues to common, public good. [...] Unleashing the potential of data use in strategy on the use of data for education hangs in a delicate balance, not a binary, learning, grounded in a rigorous between benefits and risks, data-driven and data- understanding of the potential informed, innovation and regulation, and surveillance opportunities, benefits, limitations and invisibility. [...] Ethical and international cooperation to and purposeful uses of data play a key role in develop international standards improving school and system management, and norms over education data supporting inclusive and innovative learning and regulation, literacy, cybersecurity, teaching methods, and ensuring the equitable governance and ethics, bridge the financing of education by illuminating areas.