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Education A State Capitals Roundup

States’ Data-Collection Efforts Improving, Report Finds

By Kevin Bushweller — November 28, 2006 1 min read
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Forty-two states are now using a data tool called a unique student identifier to follow individual student progress, up from 37 states a year ago, says a report released this month by the Data Quality Campaign, an effort by the Washington-based National Center for Educational Accountability to improve the collection and use of education data.

The report, available online at , also found that 26 states report that they have or are building data warehouses for education.

A version of this article appeared in the November 29, 2006 edition of Education Week

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