California Education Data Systems Stuck in Political, Financial Mire
Today’s InterACT guest contributor is Alice Mercer, a Sacramento teacher and blogger, and member of Accomplished California Teachers. Alice’s prior contribution to InterACT can be found here (“Divining Rod, or Rod of Discipline?”). This post follows up on ideas that Alice has blogged about recently concerning the use of student test scores for teacher evaluation, and discusses the state’s imperiled education data systems, California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System (CALTIDES) and California Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS).
State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA (photo: David B. Cohen).
In May of this year,
