Enhancing Data Use, Governance and Informed Decision Making in Digital Education Across Europe

forthcoming

EDUDATA aims to strengthen the capacity of European education systems to make evidence-informed decisions in digital education by designing, piloting, and validating a multilevel governance model for digital education data. The project begins with a transnational mapping of current data practices in primary and secondary education across four Member States—Greece, Cyprus, Romania, and Finland—alongside EU-level frameworks. This analysis identifies what educational data is currently collected, how it is used, and where gaps, overlaps, or ethical concerns exist. In a context where digital learning is widespread but educational data remains fragmented and difficult to compare, EDUDATA introduces a research-informed, ethically grounded response. It proposes a shared governance structure that enables educational data—collected at the school level—to be interpreted and used at national and EU levels, while remaining sensitive to local priorities and legal frameworks. The model’s architecture is designed for comparability and interoperability across systems, and structured to align with real-world governance needs in primary and secondary education. Through coordinated stakeholder consultations and a multi-country pilot, EDUDATA tests how educational data can be governed and used to support inclusive, ethical, and strategic decision-making. The project is directly aligned with the Digital Education Action Plan (2021–2027) and responds to the 2023 Council Recommendation on enabling factors for digital education. EDUDATA offers a timely and practical contribution to one of Europe’s most persistent challenges: how to organise, align, and ethically use educational data to support high-quality digital learning systems across Member States.