Creating Pathways to Data/Big Data Careers
EDC, Education Development Center, Inc.
This partnership supports community colleges as they develop courses/programs/certificates leading to data-intensive careers. EDC offers a toolkit, processes, a community of practice, and community college faculty as mentors in companies across industry sectors. The program uses performance-based assessment rubrics illustrating what middle-skilled data proficiency looks like on the job and the Gap Analysis Tool, which measures the alignment of curriculum with local industry skill standards. It also uses the Curriculum Analysis Matrix used by colleges to determine where and when to cover essential work tasks in the curriculum, and others.