Data and Accountability

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Data and Accountability

• Jay R. Savage
• Division of Adult and Technical Education

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Report to Congress

• You can read this at http//www.edcountability.ne
  t/index.cfm
• Difficult to compare states
• Different definitions
• Different tools
• Different criteria
• Most states meet most performance Targets

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Purposes for National Reporting

• Monitoring of program implementation
• Measure progress of program
• Compare with competing programs
• PART Study
• Block Grants
• Identify state and student needs

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State CAR Data Submissions

• State reporting can be found at
  http//www.edcountability.net/Carreports/adminrepo
  rts.cfm
• Year by year
• Cumulative
• State
• Narrative
• Disaggregated
• States identify strengths weaknesses

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Monitoring Visits

• States not collecting all disaggregated data
• States not collecting extra data (only that
  required for CAR)
• States not using data for program improvement
• States not monitoring data of LEAs

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Recommendations

• Collect more refined data
• Training of people submitting data
• Coordinate with data base managers to determine
  what analysis can be done
• Find method for tracking students from Secondary
  to PS
• Negotiate with LEAs on targets