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Ambitious education database crashes
- 02-18-2010
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By Lance Williams/California Watch
A multimillion-dollar computer database that was supposed to provide invaluable insights about California's six million public school children is afflicted with “unacceptable system performance issues,” said Jack O’Connell, state superintendent of public instruction. In a letter to the state’s school boards, O’Connell said he was halting the rollout of CalPADS – the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System – while computer contractors focus on “stabilizing” the complex system. O’Connell’s letter is dated Feb. 11, but it was first publicized on Wednesday by the California School Boards Association. The association has been reporting on the problems many districts have encountered when trying to input student data into the system, as they are required by state law. (more...)
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