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Governor establishes Center for Education, Workforce Statistics Puts Kentucky at the forefront as a national leader in data use to improve education and training By Kerri Richardson and Terry Sebastian FRANKFORT, Ky. - In a move that solidifies Kentucky's role as a national leader in data use, Governor Steve Beshear has signed an executive order establishing the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics. Its work will provide a more comprehensive view of the education to workforce process. The center will serve as one independent source of quality data that links early childhood, K-12, teacher certification, postsecondary, adult education, workforce and other data to provide a better picture of the overall impact of state policies and programs. "Data gathered by individual agencies offers only one piece of the puzzle," said Gov. Beshear. "The Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics puts all of the pieces together to provide the big picture that will help everyone - policymakers, educators, parents and students - make more informed decisions about the future. We can use this data to build stronger connections among schools, workforce programs and other agencies so our students get a seamless and adaptable path to success." Data from the center can link high school preparation to college performance, teachers to students and to the colleges where they were prepared, high school and college graduates and dropouts to employment, and early childhood to kindergarten and grade school. The center will house the Kentucky Longitudinal Data System, a statewide repository of education data from early childhood through postsecondary and into training and employment. The system has been developed and maintained through the P-20 Data Collaborative consisting of the Department of Education, the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Education Professional Standards Board. The center will be supported by existing agency staff and will continue with its long-planned addition of two staffers to meet the requirements of additional service demands and a federal grant. Additional public agencies to contribute data include the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, the Early Childhood Advisory Council and the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education. The executive order establishes the Office for Education and Workforce Statistics and the board of the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce statistics, replacing the P-20 Data Collaborative. The office will be attached to the Office of the Secretary of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. The board of the center consists of Dr. Terry Holliday, commissioner of the Department of Education; Robert L. Brown, executive director of the Education Professional Standards Board; Robert L. King, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education; and Joseph U. Meyer, secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Meyer will serve as chair. "This action puts the necessary focus on the value of not only collecting data but also the value of understanding the data and using it to make future decisions," said Meyer. "Our goal is to improve education and training opportunities in the Commonwealth and to help our students and parents make more informed choices." Benefits of the center include:
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