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Chance for change is lost at Capitol

The Arizona Republic

The National Data Quality Campaign has determined that being able to link teacher identifiers (confidential identification numbers) with student identifiers (also confidential) is a key element for a quality state student-data system. Arizona K-12 teachers and students already have those identifiers. State legislation would have enabled connecting teacher identifiers with the student identifiers, aiding staff development and providing teacher-preparation at universities across the state as a tool to assess the effectiveness of their programs.

It's puzzling that the session would close without work to complete funding for English-language learners - in spite of a court order. Nationally, 9.5 percent of the student population is made up of English-language learners, and in Arizona, it's 16.5 percent. We know that this growing population will be a vital part of the foundation for Arizona's economic future, and it is troubling that our lawmakers would give their education short shrift.

Posted by Editor at July 9, 2007 12:48 AM

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