These data systems are intended to collect and connect data from early childhood education through career. To be eligible for funding, states must assure that their systems contain numerous requirements, including the following capabilities:
• to examine individual student progress and outcomes over from preschool through postsecondary education and into the workforce;
• to enable the exchange of data among agencies;
• to link student data with teachers;
• to match teachers with information about their certification and teacher preparation programs;
• to generate timely reports to parents, teachers, and school leaders on student achievement;
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One area of concern for CEC and its members is the requirement to link individual students with their teachers. This is not the first time states have had to include this linkage as a condition for receiving federal funding; the Race to the Top education reform initiative also required this connection.
Yet it remains unclear how states will include students with disabilities, special education teachers and related service personnel in fulfilling this requirement. Often these special education teachers are not the teacher of record and spend only a portion of the day with a student.
CEC will continue to emphasize the importance of considering the unique needs of students with disabilities and the professionals who work on their behalf as the development of these data systems continues.
These three-year grants are funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the economic stimulus package, and will range from $5.1 million to $19.7 million.
Awardees are:
Arkansas - $9.8 million
Colorado - $17.4 million
Florida - $10.0 million
Illinois - $11.9 million
Kansas - $9.1 million
Maine - $7.3 million
Massachusetts - $13.0 million
Michigan - $10.6 million
Minnesota - $12.4 million
Mississippi - $7.6 million
New York - $19.7 million
Ohio - $5.1 million
Oregon - $10.5 million
Pennsylvania - $14.3 million
South Carolina - $14.9 million
Texas - $18.2 million
Utah - $9.6 million
Virginia - $17.5 million
Washington - $17.3 million
Wisconsin - $13.8 million
More information.
• to examine individual student progress and outcomes over from preschool through postsecondary education and into the workforce;
• to enable the exchange of data among agencies;
• to link student data with teachers;
• to match teachers with information about their certification and teacher preparation programs;
• to generate timely reports to parents, teachers, and school leaders on student achievement;
• read more
One area of concern for CEC and its members is the requirement to link individual students with their teachers. This is not the first time states have had to include this linkage as a condition for receiving federal funding; the Race to the Top education reform initiative also required this connection.
Yet it remains unclear how states will include students with disabilities, special education teachers and related service personnel in fulfilling this requirement. Often these special education teachers are not the teacher of record and spend only a portion of the day with a student.
CEC will continue to emphasize the importance of considering the unique needs of students with disabilities and the professionals who work on their behalf as the development of these data systems continues.
These three-year grants are funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the economic stimulus package, and will range from $5.1 million to $19.7 million.
Awardees are:
Arkansas - $9.8 million
Colorado - $17.4 million
Florida - $10.0 million
Illinois - $11.9 million
Kansas - $9.1 million
Maine - $7.3 million
Massachusetts - $13.0 million
Michigan - $10.6 million
Minnesota - $12.4 million
Mississippi - $7.6 million
New York - $19.7 million
Ohio - $5.1 million
Oregon - $10.5 million
Pennsylvania - $14.3 million
South Carolina - $14.9 million
Texas - $18.2 million
Utah - $9.6 million
Virginia - $17.5 million
Washington - $17.3 million
Wisconsin - $13.8 million
More information.
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