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The Data Quality Campaign, an effort managed by the National Center for Educational Accountability, to improve the collection and use better education data and implement state systems to improve student achievement, lists 10 elements that contribute to a successful system. At least two from this list are not without controversy. Some people have expressed concern for students' privacy in creating a unique student identifier. And there is also some reluctance to create a teacher identifier system that matches teachers to students for fear that it will be unjustly linked to salary or performance reviews. Although no state data system currently includes every one of these 10 elements, the Data Quality Campaign reports that eight states have eight or nine, while three states have yet to implement a single element. Important Elements of Student Data Systems and How Many States Have Them 39 Student-level enrollment, demographic and program participation information 37 A unique statewide student identifier 36 Student-level graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. and dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human data 33 The ability to match individual students' test records from year to year to measure academic growth 27 Information on untested students 22 A state data audit system assessing data quality, validity and reliability 14 A teacher identifier system with the ability to match teachers to students 12 The ability to match student records between the PreK-12 and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. systems 8 Student-level transcript A generic term for any kind of copy, particularly an official or certified representation of the record of what took place in a court during a trial or other legal proceeding. A transcript of record information, including information on courses completed and grades earned 7 Student-level college readiness test scores [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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