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California's ailing $34 million student database project is a year behind
- 09-23-2010
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By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee
California's statewide data system tracking student information was to be fully functioning by now. But CalPADS – the state's $34 million student database project – is a year behind schedule. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has threatened to pull the plug if the new system can't reliably relay data by the end of the year. The failed California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System is cited as a key reason why the state has twice failed to qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Race to the Top funds. CalPADS is supposed to track a wide range of student information, including what classes they take, their grades and test scores, whether they graduate or drop out. (more…)
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