Skip to main content
arrow_backEditorial Team

Marcus Vance

Education Data Analyst & Policy Researcher

Marcus Vance is an education policy researcher and data analyst focused on public school accountability metrics, student growth percentiles, and state assessment frameworks. With a background in educational statistics, he investigates multi-year performance trends across Nevada's seventeen school districts.

At NevadaSchools.org, Marcus decodes complex state reporting files into clear, objective parent guides. His reporting covers Smarter Balanced (SBAC) score interpretation, NSPF index calculations, and intra-district school transfer regulations across Clark and Washoe counties.

His analysis emphasizes objective primary-source data from the Nevada Department of Education, providing families with verifiable academic benchmarks free from commercial bias.

Areas of focus

Guides by Marcus Vance