Inspired by the simple truth that what gets measured gets done, Center for the Future of Arizona created the Arizona Progress Meters — a trusted source for measuring and reporting on how our state is doing on the issues that matter most to Arizonans.
Building on this foundation, CFA developed interactive dashboards. These complement the Arizona Progress Meters, offering new ways to organize, explore, and apply data — giving decision-makers, community leaders, educators, and advocates additional tools to understand Arizona’s progress and support informed action.
More Ways to Explore Arizona’s Progress
The same trusted indicators tracking Arizona’s progress — now available with new visualizations
Additional high-quality information from trusted sources that offers more insights into communities’ challenges and opportunities
Easily explore multiple metrics by region and compare outcomes across different communities
EDUCATION
Local Insights from the Arizona Education Progress Meter
While users can explore individual metrics in the Arizona Education Progress Meter, this dashboard allows you to:
- Start with your region (city, county, or school district) and view all available metrics together
- Benchmark your location against the state as a whole
- Understand the approximate demographic distribution of your student body including racial and ethnic diversity, share of students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, and more
Arizona Career & Technical Education (CTE) Outcomes
- View CTE program enrollment and completion data by county and year, metrics not part of the Arizona Education Progress Meter indicators
- Explore student participation across different CTE programs or clusters
- Track student progress from initial enrollment through program completion
- Identify trends in CTE engagement and completion across Arizona communities
Arizona Post-Secondary Enrollment and Completion
While users can explore enrollment and completion metrics in the Arizona Education Progress Meter, this dashboard allows you to:
- Benchmark your location against the state and multiple counties at one time
- Understand metrics by demographics, including racial and ethnic diversity, students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, and more
- View the relationship between enrollment and completion side-by-side
National Assessment of Educational Progress Data
While users can explore Third Grade Reading and Eighth Grade Math metrics in the Arizona Education Progress Meter, this dashboard allows you to:
- View national and state-specific metrics for Fourth Grade Reading and Eighth Grade Math from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), along with the National Cohort Adjusted Graduation Rate (CAGR).
- Compare Arizona’s educational outcomes against other states and the nation as a whole—metrics from the NAEP and CAGR aren’t included in the Arizona Education Progress Meter but offer the closest available national comparison.
- Benchmark Arizona’s proficiency and graduation outcomes across student subgroups—including race/ethnicity, English language learner status, and disability—against other states and national averages.
CIVIC HEALTH
Civic Health in Arizona: Additional Data & Insights
- Explore additional civic health indicators, metrics not captured in the Civic Participation and Connected Communities Progress Meters, in key areas of social connectedness, community involvement, and political participation
- View new data exploring the connections between workplace and vibrant civic health
- Compare data by subgroups including age, education, income, and ethnicity
View the Civic Participation and Connected Communities Progress Meters
HOUSING
Housing Affordability
While users can explore cost of housing in the Arizona Young Talent Progress Meter, this dashboard allows you to:
- View cost of rent and home purchase data by state, county, and city, metrics not included in the Arizona Young Talent Progress Meter
- Explore multi-year housing cost trends across states, cities, and counties
- Benchmark your location across the nation as a whole
Looking for the latest updates?
CFA provides regular updates and analysis as new Progress Meter data are released.