Data Collection: Past, Present and Future

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Data CollectionPast, Present and Future

• Reporting Section
• 2008 Accountability Conference

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Past2004-05

• Approximately 2300 schools
• 117 LEAs
• Approximately 220 files processed

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Past2006-07

• Approximately 2400 schools
• 115 LEAs
• Approximately 100,000 files processed

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Present

• Review 2007-08 Data Collection Schedule
• Purposes for each data collection
• Discussion Input
• Keeping in mind

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Blue Ribbon Commission Recommendation 27

• A group of school accountability experts be
  convened to review the data collection procedures
  used for the 2006-2007 school year and make any
  needed changes to those procedures prior to any
  further data collection.

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G.S. 115C-12(19)

• The spirit of the law is to not require
• information that is already available
• the same information more than once
• information that is not necessary to ensure
  compliance

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Future

• Streamline and reduce number of data
  collectionsG.S. 115C-12(19)
• June 30 deadline for final annual data
  submissions
• Pre-specified time period for corrections to the
  Accountability results (see sample memo)

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Questions?