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California steps forward & back on school data
- 12-02-2011
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By Kathryn Baron/Thoughts on Public Education
California’s various education databases bring to mind that philosophical puzzle about the tree falling in a forest. The state has the ability to link the data systems and make them robust, but since there’s no political will to do that, how useful are they? Okay, perhaps that’s overstating the existential question, but it does keep California from even having a thoughtful conversation about the pros and cons of data sharing. So when the Data Quality Campaign yesterday released its seventh annual report on state education data bases, California received mixed marks. The elements of a strong system are there, but they’re not backed up by action. (more...)
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