2017. Southern State Pushing Forward on Student Data Protection.

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.”

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