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...organizations. of these 16,000 organizations collects its own data on different segments of this group, employing diverse methods, programs and technologies for record keeping. When thousands of these individuals move from one location to another, scattering around the country, important information relating to them either does not follow, or comes later and is incomplete. Computer systems do not easily communicate with one another, and too often critical data is lost.
Does this sound like a problem that is plaguing our country's immigration services or the Department of Homeland Security? Well, this scenario is not about immigration, terrorism or even the war on drugs. Instead, it is about the education of our children. The group I am referring to is the 47 million children enrolled in 90,000 public schools in more than 16,000 districts nationwide. Currently, we face a national dilemma in how to promote a seamless technology system for tracking and reporting on our students' educational histories, achievements and needs.
In addition, paperwork and data collection in education have grown at an exponential rate in the last 10 years, as accountability has...
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