Data Systems Set for Crucial Fund Infusion
$250 million in federal aid offers states opportunity to step up sophistication
Buoyed by $250 million in federal stimulus funding that’s been set aside for data systems, some leading education number-crunchers say it’s time for states and districts to take the next step: figuring out how to use the information they collect on academic performance to improve student achievement.
Education data systems, long relegated to back offices in school districts and states, are now considered the backbone of education improvement efforts and figured prominently in President Barack Obama’s first major education address on March 10. ( "Rigor, Rewards, Quality: Obama's Education Aim," this issue.)
“Far too few states have data systems like the one in Florida that keep track of a student’s education from childhood through college. And far too few districts are emulating the example of Houston and Long Beach, and using data to track how much progress a student is making and where that student is struggling,” Mr. Obama said in his speech to the U.S....
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