Taryn Hochleitner

As a senior associate for policy and advocacy, Taryn helps identify, advocate for, and support changes to state policy and practice that make data work for students. She tracks the changing landscape of state policies that govern education data and helps DQC develop and share resulting insights and recommendations with policymakers and the field. She manages efforts to build DQC’s expertise on the data implications of emerging education issues, such as personalized learning and measuring student growth, and identify action steps state policymakers can take to ensure effective data use while pursuing their education goals.