States are connecting data across K-12, postsecondary education and the workforce to help students achieve success, according to a new infographic from the Data Quality Campaign. The short document synthesizes state progress on cross-agency data governance councils, secure data linkages and the use of data to monitor program participation, demonstrating much progress but also room for improvement.
The document shows that 43 states have cross-agency data governance councils (a few states declined to participate in the survey on which this infographic in based). However, CTE, adult education and business are under-represented on these councils, with only 12 states including CTE representatives on councils, 10 states including adult education leaders and 9 states incorporating business representatives.
Additionally, the infographic reports that 43 states have secure connections between K–12 data systems and postsecondary data systems, while 19 states have secure connections between K–12 and workforce data systems and 27 states have securely linked postsecondary and workforce data systems.
Finally, the infographic shows the number of states who are tracking participation by program type. CTE participation is commonly tracked (39 states), but work-based learning is less often monitored on the state level (20). In addition, 35 states track STEM participation and 24 states monitor participation in college and career readiness and exploration programs.
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