The Best Publicly Available Educational Data Set Prize
The Best Publicly Available Educational Data Set Prize is given annually to the data set that has the potential to lead to or has already led to the most significant progress in the scientific field and the community of practice. Nominees will be considered individually, with consideration for both past and future impacts. The prize-winning data set is selected by a committee of leaders in the field, selected by the Board of Directors of the International Educational Data Mining Society.
2025 Award Winner
NCTE Transcript Data
Data Set provided by Dora Demszky and Heather Hill.
The NCTE Transcript Data focuses on observations of teachers and students in 4th and 5th grade elementary mathematics classrooms. The anonymized transcripts include significant metadata, such as annotation of discourse moves for each turn, information about teacher background and classroom practices, and demographics. It has been used in a variety of applications, including exploring how features of teacher and teacher-student language promote inquiry and growth mindset as well as evaluating and building generative AI systems.
In lieu of a live presentation at the EDM conference, this page and the video above honor the recipient of the 2025 Best Public Educational Data Set Prize.