Common Core and the Federal Government’s Announcement of Intent to Track Students
Citizensjournal.us prints this without comment. It seems to be borne out by the Federal Register excerpt.
NOTE: Please take the time to make public comment on this new regulation to track and data mine students.
The Office of Management and Budget wants access to kindergarten (2010-11) data, data from this class in fourth grade (2015) and subsequent tracking this class in fifth grade 2016.
You have 30 days to comment on this proposal by the Federal Government to gather personal data on children. Comment period ends October 24, 2013.
Abstract: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), is a survey that focuses on children’s early school experiences beginning with kindergarten and continuing through the fifth grade. It includes the collection of data from parents, teachers, school administrators, and nonparental care providers, as well as direct child assessments. Like its sister study, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), the ECLS-K:2011 is exceptionally broad in its scope and coverage of child development, early learning, and school progress, drawing together information from multiple sources to provide rich data about the population of children who were kindergartners in the 2010-11 school year. This submission requests OMBs clearance for (1) a spring 2014 third-grade national data collection; (2) recruitment for the spring 2015 fourth-grade data collection, and (3) tracking students for the spring 2016 fifth-grade data collection.
Common Core proponents state there is no data collection dictated in the standards. They proclaim, “they’re only standards”. But the standards allow for common coded data sets to compare children. If there were not “common” standards and assessments, then the tracking of children via a common data set would not be possible. The standards do set up the procedure to track students. Common Core provides the framework for common “direct child assessments”. It’s not much of a conspiracy theory when the government tells you what personal data it needs to track your children and publishes it in the Federal Register.
Do you remember the NCES with its 400 data points that CCSS proponents say will never be used? Based on this proposal by the Federal Government, it sure seems as if that data set will be put in place and data gathered from parents, teachers, school administrators and nonparental care providers.
See list of data points HERE
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID numberED-2013-ICCD-0096 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the Acting Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
