Monitoring What Matters MS Word - All states struggle with how best to monitor the various data on student performance, progress and participation. Some states are further along in this process than others, as this article illustrates. In addition to deciding what to monitor, policymakers have to determine how to collect and analyze education data. Ideally, states will align the tracking process with their major priorities and goals in education. (Kathy Christie, Stateline, Phi Delta Kappan, September 2000, reprinted with permission)...

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