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The State of California and its various public entities have a poor record of designing and implementing large computer systems, be it the DMV, EDD, or - closer to home - UC's UCPath system. Confidential data have leaked from various UC data sets. Beyond the technology and management challenges, issues of privacy are likely to be involved in this project.
Below are excerpts from a key planning document for the proposed system:
Legislation passed in 2019 in California aims to link existing education, workforce, financial aid, and social service information in order to better equip policymakers, educators, and the public to address disparities in opportunities and improve outcomes for all students throughout the state. Over the course of 2020, in accordance with this legislation, more than 170 people from 15 state agencies and many educational institutions, research and policy organizations, and community groups have worked together to design a blueprint for the California Cradle-to-Career Data System. This report describes the planning process and outlines recommendations for phase one of creating and implementing the data system...
Information from each data provider would be stored in the cloud in a secure repository. The core data set used for the dashboards and query builder would be kept in a centralized database, and other information would be combined for approved purposes. To support the analytical tools, each data provider would upload a subset of their information once per year. To help safeguard individual privacy, records for individuals would be matched using a variety of data points, and unique identifiers would be assigned for each data pull. Information for the operational tools, such as student planning tools and electronic transcripts, would be kept separate from information used for analytical purposes and would be refreshed on a more frequent basis than the analytical data set.
The Cradle-to-Career Data System would be governed jointly by a board made up of representatives of state agencies and the stakeholders who use this information. Two-thirds of the governing board’s seats would be apportioned to entities providing data and one-third would be members of the public appointed by the Governor and Legislature...
Given the expansive proposed scope for the data system, the planners recommend a five-year process for phase one. In year one, 1) the governing structure, staff, and technical solutions would be established; 2) the core data sets would be linked, including K–12, public postsecondary, financial aid, employment, and limited social service and apprenticeship data points; 3) a user-centered design process would be implemented for the public tools; and 4) infrastructure improvements would be made to the operational tools to support their scaling. The estimated budget for year one is between $15–$20 million.
In year two, 1) the project website and public tools would be launched; 2) the first data requests would be approved; 3) further infrastructure improvements would be made to the operational tools, and their use would be expanded; and 4) the professional development infrastructure would be developed.
In year three, 1) the data set would be expanded to include independent colleges and information from the National Student Clearinghouse on colleges in other states; 2) new features for operational tools would be deployed; 3) professional development would be expanded; and 4) public tools and the data request process would be evaluated and improved.
In year four, 1) the data set would be expanded to include early learning and care, private colleges, and teacher credentialing; 2) plans would be developed for expanding social service, health, and workforce data sets; 3) new features for operational tools would be deployed; 4) professional development would expand; and 5) further improvements would be made to public tools.
In year five, 1) the data set would be expanded to include social service, health, and workforce information; 2) the operational tools would be fully scaled; 3) the data system’s structure, operational tools, professional development, and hosting would be evaluated; and 4) strategic objectives and data sets for phase two would be identified.
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The California Dept. of Education seems to be in charge of this project. It describes it on its website:
The California Cradle-to-Career Data System (California Data System)... will connect data from early education, K-12 education, financial aid, higher education, workforce, and health and human services.
See https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/dc/c2cdatasystemp20.asp
The bill - SB-75 (2019-2020) - establishing this project is at:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB75
Excerpt: This bill would establish the California Cradle-to-Career Data System Workgroup, composed of representatives of specified entities, to provide assessment, recommendations, and advice about statewide data infrastructure that integrates data from state entities responsible for elementary and secondary education data, entities responsible for early learning data, segments of public higher education, private colleges and universities, state entities responsible for student financial aid, childcare providers, state labor and workforce development agencies, and state departments administering health and human services programs. The bill would require the Director of State Planning and Research, or the director’s designee, to lead the workgroup.
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