Since Common Core, the federal government has used much effort to get states to use and implement the standards. Along with this, the states have been offered incentives to comment to data tracking of student and teacher data. Now the Common Education Data Standards has released Version 6 Public Review Draft. The V6 Public Review Draft updates the data blueprint and details more student-specific data points to be collected on children nationwide.
The comment period for this draft is only open until May 4, 2016. One of the element names in the CEDS V6 Draft is for IDEA related (special education) data.
The goal of data programs like this includes:
- Developing longitudinal databases in every state,
- Incentivizing participation in these databases with federal education grants, and
- Continually updating data points with new “definitions” to collect information about a child’s life—including information about his or her religion, family situation, and socioeconomic status.
Please review the changes to CEDS and make your opinion on government tracking of our students known. Please click here to submit your comments to CEDS.
