The state: Alabama
The legislation: A State agency to track student data from early education through entering the workforce
What‘s the background? In 2015, the Governor issued an executive order to create a longitudinal data system to track studnt data. This executive order requires legislation to fund it.
The projected cost to track student data? $1.6 million
What did the Governor’s Executive Order do?
- Created an advisory board
- “Developed a state talent pipeline capable of ensuring that all Alabama students graduate from school being college and career ready, improving decision-making on educational programs, making decisions based upon validated and objective measures of student outcomes, and permitting qualified researchers to collaboratively evaluate the success of state programs.”