Dear Commons Community,

In today’s NY Times OP-ED section there is an interesting piece on new requirements for high schools.   To qualify for “Race to the Top”  federal funding,  the piece alerts school districts to start collecting data on graduates after they leave high school.  Specifically, schools must now show how they increase both college enrollment and the number of students who complete at least a year of college.   This will move more states to consider K-20 data collection systems.

The piece can be found at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/opinion/22schramm.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Tony