>Report: N.J. Dept. of Education can consult data better to improve teaching
A report from the Data Quality Campaign says New Jersey has gotten better, but is still far behind in its use of student data to improve teaching.
New Jersey has only applied 4 of the 10 actions to use the student data well. 36 states are using all 10 elements in 2011, an increase from none back in 2005.
The Data for Action campaign’s essential elements include unique student identification, student enrollment, demographic and participation information, matching of students’ test records each year to chart their academic growth, information on untested students, teacher identifiers, student transcripts, college readiness test scores, graduation and dropout records, information to match student records between P–12 and post-secondary systems, and state audits to check the data’s quality. (Holt, New Jersey Newsroom)
