Legislative panel hears plan to tighten state education data with a governance council
LESC heard staff and outside experts say poor data practices are undermining program evaluation and legislative oversight; presenters urged a statewide data governance body or agency, outlined five implementation options, and cited Kentucky, Maryland and California as models.
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Tim Bedeaux, senior policy analyst to the Legislative Education Study Committee, told members that high-quality analysis and sound policy depend on accurate, complete, consistent, granular and timely data. "High quality data leads to high quality analysis, leads to high quality policy," he said, summarizing the problems his office encountered when evaluating several priorities on the LESC work plan.
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