Survey shows nearly all states can track data on students
By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week
Nearly all states now have comprehensive data systems that allow them to track students’ academic careers over time, and state officials are starting to dig into using the mountains of information, according to the sixth annual national survey on the subject. The Data Quality Campaign, a Washington-based nonprofit group that promotes data use in education, released the report Thursday at noon. For the first time, the survey focused on governors’ perspectives on state longitudinal-data systems, as opposed to the systems’ technical capacity. (more...)