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Director of Analytics and Reporting
Lauren Paluta oversees efforts to deliver actionable data and information to stakeholders while upholding the highest standards of student privacy and data security. Lauren’s team is responsible for maintaining MI School Data as Michigan’s public and secure education information web portal; for quality assurance across the data life cycle; and for designing and leveraging the Michigan’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System to meet federal, state, researcher, and custom reporting needs.
Lauren served as OAR’s PreK-12 Data Manager from 2018 to 2025 and as a longitudinal data analyst from 2016 to 2018. Before joining CEPI, Lauren was at Ohio State University, where she earned master’s degrees in Public Health and Social Work while working in a research office supporting school improvement, school-based mental health, and afterschool initiatives. She earned her bachelor’s degrees from Michigan State University.
