Outdated, Inaccurate Education Data in California Hamstrings Lawmakers and Public

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  • Source: KQED
  • 06/21/2024
Public data posted by the California Department of Education has been incomplete, often outdated and occasionally inaccurate, forcing legislators to pass laws based on old data, researchers to delay inquiries and journalists to grapple with inaccurate information.

Californians, living in a state known globally as a center of innovation and technology, have had to cope with a state education agency that has admittedly lacked the staffing and the policies to provide much-needed data, EdSource reporting has found.

As a result, there are gaps in the knowledge needed by lawmakers, researchers, journalists and others to evaluate state programs and policies, from teacher demographics to how many English learners become fluent in English each year, to how districts have spent a $50 million court settlement to improve early literacy.

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