Good Data, Bad Data, No Data: A Critical Challenge Facing Arizona's Public Schools

Reports and Publications

January 2013

Bill Hart



Education experts and legislators from both political parties agree that Arizona suffers from an antiquated, patched-together state education data system that is seldom able to provide the reliable, real-time information that parents and educators need to determine which programs are working for which students, and which are not. This brief sets up the conversation for a Jan. 10 panel discussion on the topic.