Cradle-to-Career Data System:
Final Report to the Legislature
June 2021
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Contents
Section 1: Background ................................................................................................................. 1
Section 2: Community Engagement .......................................................................................... 4
Section 3: Privacy and Security Policies ..................................................................................... 7
Section 4: Legal Templates .......................................................................................................... 9
Section 5: Data Elements ........................................................................................................... 11
Section 6: Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 12
Appendix ...................................................................................................................................... 13
Section 1: Background
In 2019, the California Legislature authorized an 18-month planning process for the state’s
Cradle-to-Career Data System. The legislation created a framework for an unprecedented
planning process that was both comprehensive and inclusive. The process led to the
following distinguishing features for California’s data system:
Recognition that students, families, educators, and community leaders — in addition
to policymakers and researchers — are change-makers who need access to
relevant data and are key partners in interpreting the data that the system will
produce
Contextualizing education data with other information that illuminates the structural
factors that can support equitable outcomes, such as access to financial aid, social
services, and employment services
Development that is streamlined by using readily available technology tools and
existing state programs, rather than building a new data infrastructure from scratch
This framework was translated into detailed implementation recommendations through an
extensive planning process. More than 200 people provided insights and expertise, drawn
from the partner entities — state agencies and stakeholders identified in the legislation —
and the intended users of the data system (see the appendix for a full list of planning
process participants).
California’s Cradle-to-Career Data System will be unique in the nation because it will deploy
a three-pronged approach: operational tools that outline education and career options
while clarifying individual progress toward those goals, analytical tools that track trends and
provide comparisons between groups, and a significant focus on community engagement.
This approach recognizes that students and teachers need different types of information
than researchers and policy analysts, and that community members can be partners if
given outreach and training in interpreting and utilizing the information that the data system
produces. Finally, with the system expanded beyond educational data to include social
service, financial aid, workforce training, and employment information, users will be better
equipped to understand equity gaps in context. The broader data set means that solutions
are more likely to focus on structural factors that can be addressed through policies and
investments, rather than focusing narrowly on student characteristics.
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In December 2020, the Cradle-to-Career Data System workgroup submitted a report to the
Governor’s Office and the Legislature that clarified how the proposed model could be
implemented, covering the majority of the topics requested in the legislation (see the
appendix for a crosswalk and links to related items). The report referenced dozens of
documents that will help to operationalize the recommendations, such as the workflow for
the data request process, actions necessary to scale existing state programs to strengthen
tools for students and families, and detailed roles and responsibilities for both the data
system’s governing board and the Government Operations Agency (GovOps), the entity
that will host the data system.
In April 2021, the workgroup prepared an update that described additional
recommendations that would support implementation of the proposed model, including
data definitions and privacy and security policies.
Now, this final report addresses the remaining required recommendations, including a
community engagement strategy, legal templates, and additional privacy and security
documentation.
As the planning process concludes, the workgroup enthusiastically endorses the Governor’s
2021–22 Budget Proposal and the accompanying statutory changes contained in the
proposed budget trailer bill. Once the data system is implemented, California will lead the
nation in public access to actionable data. California’s data system will provide a model for
how to create public data sets using secure, modern, and affordable technologies. Just as
importantly, the proposed model will ensure that a wide range of individuals, institutions,
agencies, and policymakers can put this information to work to help California recover from
the pandemic and address equity gaps in educational access and attainment.
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Cradle-to-Career Data System Value for Californians
Clarify structural factors that shape long-term outcomes for various groups
of students
Streamline access to data for research purposes
Improve underlying data quality in state agency systems
Improve reporting from state-funded programs
Clarify and streamline the college application process for students and
California public colleges
Improve financial aid knowledge and access
Help educators monitor college and financial aid applications in real time
Reduce postsecondary admission rejections due to poor data quality
Support students’ foundational needs for food and medical care
Strengthen implementation of competency-based education
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Section 2: Community Engagement
In January 2021, a new subcommittee was convened to develop community engagement
recommendations.
1
For its first step, the subcommittee outlined the types of people most
likely to use the data system, the types of information that would help them to address their
goals, and key messages and communications strategies for each audience. These
resources were shared in the April 2021 Update Report.
In the final months of the planning process, the subcommittee refined its recommended
approach to communications by creating specific wording, identifying priority
communications vehicles, and establishing metrics for evaluating communications efforts.
The workgroup thereby endorsed a community engagement strategy that helps
operationalize the equity goals articulated in its vision statement (see the following box).
1
See the appendix for a list of all subcommittee members.
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The primary features of the community engagement strategy include the following:
Understanding that there are four key audiences (analyzers, institutional planners,
practitioners, and individuals), and more specific personas within each key
audience, and each persona will have different needs and interests
Establishing a theory of action for advancing equity, and applying it to
communications and professional development activities to ensure that equity is
being addressed intentionally
Prioritizing helping people and systems understand the information, clarifying
structural factors that drive outcomes, addressing potential bias in data
interpretation, and detailing how key audiences can use information for common
tasks
This approach to community engagement will require that staff members of the data
system’s managing entity, GovOps, have expertise in community engagement. It will also
require that GovOps activate a network of experts to help implement this work. To augment
this internal expertise, the managing entity should have the ability to hire subcontractors to
support discrete activities and cultivate partnerships with the communities whose
information is represented in the data system.
The community engagement strategy also outlines specific implementation approaches,
including the following:
Emphasizing asset-based and student-centered approaches to displaying and
interpreting information
Providing resources in plain language that fosters data literacy, and in multiple
languages
Utilizing community leaders to serve as messengers and to build their capacity to
conduct outreach about the data system effectively and with fidelity
Integrating resources, such as customizable templates, into the design of the data
tools wherever possible to support data use and support messaging
Establishing targets for community engagement activities and measuring outcomes
to ensure that engagement efforts are succeeding
Including a transparent process for selecting experts to support the data system — to
ensure that diverse voices are shaping the strategies
Finally, the workgroup adopted recommendations about how to ensure that the
governance model is implemented in a manner that is truly inclusive of community
perspectives. While voting seats on the governing board provide one clear mechanism for
public input, additional considerations can help to ensure that proposals brought to the
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governing board reflect community voices and that board members who represent the
public feel empowered to participate fully (see the following box).
Fostering Community Voices in the Governance Process
Ensure that the right people are appointed to govern the data system:
Include a diversity of perspectives, prioritize expertise in equity, select
individuals who can support two-way conversations with intended
audiences, and align appointments with the focus area for data integration
within a given timeframe (such as when workforce training data are added)
Scaffold involvement of community members:
Using a dedicated portion of
the budget, provide orientation and mentoring to build a baseline
understanding of issues, foster trust, and a shared vision, and to ensure equal
treatment
Provide appropriate information for decision-making:
Share data from
multiple sources and provide this information in readily digestible formats;
information may be gathered intentionally from community members
through vehicles embedded in tools, public forums, and partnerships with
community-based organizations, in addition to usage data and requests
Create structural alignment:
Cross-pollinate ideas across the governing and
advisory boards, coordinate with related public governance efforts, provide
transparency about deliberations, and set timelines so that input is provided
in advance of implementation, legislation, and budget deadlines
See the community engagement framework, communications
overview, and governance recommendations:
https://cadatasystem.wested.org/recommendations
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Section 3: Privacy and Security Policies
The Cradle-to-Career Data System Act stresses the importance of ensuring that information
will be kept secure and that the data system will protect individual privacy. In the April 2021
Update Report, the workgroup proposed a privacy and security framework that addresses
federal and state requirements related to education, financial aid, health, and
employment information. During the final months of the planning process, the workgroup
approved four additional documents that help to round out the foundational requirements
(see “Complete List of Privacy and Security Documents” box on p. 8).
The permission protocol clarifies who will have access to sensitive information and
ensures that GovOps and any vendors that it uses conform to federal, state, and
agency-level requirements.
The incident response policy outlines roles and responsibilities in the event that
sensitive information is breached, and it details enforcement requirements.
The incident response plan provides a comprehensive description of actions that
would be taken after a data security incident or breach, such as timeframes for
alerting both data providers and affected individuals and expected actions to
compensate affected individuals.
The data suppression protocol for summary data describes proven statistical
methods for obscuring the identities of individuals in the dashboards and the query
builder. This policy applies federal and state privacy requirements as well as
protocols used in similar data systems at the federal and state levels.
The security policies and procedures recommended by the workgroup align with best
practices identified by federal entities such as the U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy
Technical Assistance Center and private entities such as cybersecurity insurance carriers. In
many cases, the requirements outlined for GovOps and its vendors exceed those
mandated by the data providers for their own information. However, the
comprehensiveness and volume of the linked data set introduces a significant level of risk.
Several data providers were concerned that they would have to cover costs associated
with a breach, which could cut into funding normally used for providing services. They also
noted that cybersecurity incidents could erode the willingness of individuals to provide data
to state entities. As a first step in addressing these concerns, the workgroup recommended:
Requiring GovOps to carry cybersecurity insurance and proactively implement
security processes and procedures found on cybersecurity insurance checklists.
Convening a workgroup, under the auspices of the Governor’s Office, to identify
more comprehensive solutions for addressing cybersecurity costs and responsibilities
for linked data sets.
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Complete List of Privacy and Security Documents
Privacy policy:
explains how the data system protects privacy in plain language
Personally identifiable information definition:
clarifies which data
points,
particu
larly in combination, could reveal individual identities
Data classification scheme:
clarifies which data points will be consider
ed
se
nsitive and which can be freely displayed
Data suppression protocol for summary data:
describes how sens
itive
informat
ion will be concealed in public tools such as dashboards and the query
builder
Data security framework:
combines the most current federal and stat
e
req
uirements for education and health data to inform how the managing enti
ty
will prot
ect individual identities and other sensitive data
Incident response policy:
spells out roles and responsibilities and en
forcement
req
uirements for data breaches
Incident response plan:
details how the managing entity would re
spond to a
data breach and inv
olve the data provider
s
Permi
ssion protocol:
establishes the terms by which individuals can access
specific types of sensitive information for the purpose of administering the
data
sy
stem, and specifies how their identity will be validated
Data request process:
clarifies how data requests will be vetted and accesse
d
i
n a manner that protects the individuals whose data are shared
Opt-out policy:
describes how an individual can
ask to be removed from the
linke
d data
set
Syst
em disclaimer:
establishes the terms of use for public t
ools
View the recommended privacy and security documents:
https://cadatasystem.wested.org/recommendations
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Section 4: Legal Templates
In the December 2020 Legislative Report, the workgroup recommended that the Cradle-to-
Career Data System use the Interagency Data Exchange Agreement (IDEA), a legal model
that has been adopted by agencies that are part of the Executive Branch. However, upon
further review by the Legal Subcommittee, the workgroup recommended an alternative
approach that uses several different types of legal agreements (see “Types of Legal
Agreements” table on p. 10). This alternative approach ensures that data exchanges are in
full compliance with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Higher
Education Act financial aid requirements, in addition to state privacy requirements and
federal health data mandates. The change to the legal framework was codified in the May
revision of the trailer bill.
Participation Agreement
The participation agreement establishes GovOps’s role in managing data and ensuring its
security, creating public tools, facilitating third-party data requests, and implementing data
exchanges among data providers when authorized. It also clarifies which entities are
providing which data points and provides GovOps with the authorized representative status
necessary for compliance with federal law. The participation agreement will be signed by
GovOps and by all parties that contribute information to the data system at the point when
they begin providing information. The Legal Subcommittee has nearly completed the
participation agreement. However, the document will need further revisions to address
topics such as potential legal costs and notification responsibilities that might be borne by
data providers in the case of a breach. Following further review of the draft document, the
legal counsel for each data provider will provide a summary of their concerns and a risk
assessment of not addressing these concerns to GovOps.
Third-Party Data-Sharing Agreements
The data request process that was outlined in the December 2020 Legislative Report allows
for approved third parties to access anonymized individual-level data in a secure data
enclave. To streamline the process of establishing legal agreements with authorized entities,
the workgroup has compiled a set of preliminary templates that are specific to each data
provider. Once the secure data enclave has been procured, these templates will be
updated to address the precise requirements for data access in that environment. By using
templates, GovOps can ensure that a consistent set of standards is applied for all third
parties while enabling the legal process to be implemented in an expeditious manner.
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Master Data Exchange Agreement and Business Use Case
Proposals
When data providers or other institutions on the governing board seek to provide each
other with access to information that is stored in the Cradle-to-Career Data System, they will
use the Master Data Exchange Agreement (MDEA) and Business Use Case Proposals
(BUCP). Similar to IDEA, MDEA establishes basic terms and conditions for exchanges of
information. This document can be signed at any point, without triggering a requirement to
share specific information. At the point that entities would like to share information, they
would complete a BUCP that documents conditions such as allowable use, duration of use,
and which specific information will be shared. This document is in near-final form but
requires additional review by the data providers.
Types of Legal Agreements
Purpose Example of allowable use
Participation
Agreement
Establishes terms for how the
managing entity must handle
information from the data providers
In accordance with specific policies
in the participation agreement,
GovOps can work with a vendor to
link records and keep sensitive data
secure.
Third-Party
Agreement
Library
Allows entities that are not data
providers or institutional governing
board members to access data for
authorized purposes
Using templates from the agreement
library, an approved research
organization can evaluate the
implementation of an education
reform strategy on specific student
populations.
Master Data
Exchange
Agreement
(MDEA) and
Business Use
Case Proposal
(BUCP)
Allows data providers and
institutional governing board
members to access data from the
Cradle-to-Career Data System
Using a BUCP specific to the project,
the California Community Colleges
Chancellor’s Office can study
transfer patterns to public, private,
and independent colleges for
students who earn an Associate
Degree for Transfer.
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Section 5: Data Elements
In the April 2021 Update Report, the workgroup listed more than 200 data points that would
be made available to the public. In the final months of the planning process, data providers
reviewed this list and determined which data points they will provide, based on the
availability and quality of their information. These agency-specific lists will be incorporated
into the participation agreement with GovOps, as required in the trailer bill.
For assessing data quality, the workgroup recommends that GovOps convene a group of
experts to develop clear standards for how employment and earnings information will be
processed, used, and tested before finalizing related data definitions for public-facing tools
such as dashboards and the query builder. Given the lack of federal guidance on
calculating key measures such as annual earnings, the various postsecondary entities have
adopted different approaches for cleansing and combining source data provided by the
Employment Development Department. A clearly documented and evidence-based
approach will enable those accessing the data system to understand and compare
outcomes across postsecondary and workforce training pathways.
Read the list of which entities are providing specific data points:
https://cadatasystem.wested.org/recommendations
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Section 6: Conclusion
Over the last few decades, California has made several attempts to develop a longitudinal
data system. Those prior efforts faltered due to many factors, including lack of political will,
the absence of trust between educational entities, unclear benefits, concerns about
security and privacy, and worries about prohibitive costs. This planning process differed from
previous attempts due to the commitment of all parties — including the entities that will
provide the data, members of the public, the Governor’s Office, and the Legislature — to
establish clarity of purpose and build trust.
The result is a model that is clear in articulating how data can be used to empower
individuals to reach their full potential and to foster evidence-based decision-making to
help California build a more equitable future. Through the community engagement
strategy, the model clarifies how specific parties will benefit from linking data. A
comprehensive privacy and security framework, which aligns with modern technology
systems, explains how information will be shared in a manner that respects individual
privacy and honors legal safeguards for a broad range of data types. And by leveraging
broadly available technology and existing state programs, the data system can be built
and maintained with a modest budget.
While the planning process mandated by the Legislature is now complete, the work to
ensure that the data system attains its goals will continue. With the broad engagement and
strong relationships established through the planning process, paired with the formal and
informal mechanisms for input enshrined in the governance structure and the workgroup
recommendations, California is well positioned to create a data system that will be inclusive
and flexible to meet future needs.
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Appendix
Location of Legislative Requirements in the December 2020
Legislative Report, April 2021 Update Report, and June 2021 Final
Report
Note: The December 2020 Legislative Report, the April 2021 Update Report, and detailed
documentation are available at https://cadatasystem.wested.org/recommendations
Items in gray rows indicate new information included in this report (June 2021 Final Report).
Requirement Code Section Legislative Report Location
First Legislative Report Requirements
2
A planning facilitator that contracts with the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 10855 shall report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature
by July 1, 2020, on the proposed structure of the data system, including, but not limited to,
the entity charged with managing the data system, the architecture of the data system, and
the information that will be available on the data system
3
Entity: Entity charged with managing the
data system
Education Code
Section 10856
(a)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 5: Governance,
Managing Entity, pages 28–30
Architecture: Architecture of the data
system
Education Code
Section 10856
(a)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Analytical Tools,
pages 14–15
Available Data: The information that will
be available on the data system
Education Code
Section 10856
(a)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 3: Purpose and
Available Data, Proposed
Information for Phase One,
pages 12–13; April 2021 Update
Report, Section 2: Updated List
of Data Points, pages 4–7; and
June 2021 Final Report, Section
5: Data, page 11
2
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?
lawCode=EDC&division=1.&title=1.&part=7.&chapter=8.5.&article=
3
Due to the planning process starting late, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research requested
six-month delays for each of the required legislative reports.
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Requirement Code Section Legislative Report Location
Disaggregation: How the system could
have the capacity to disaggregate:
race, ethnicity, region, gender, military
status, parents’ education, and age
Education Code
Section 10856
(b)(1)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 7: Privacy,
Security, and Data Definitions,
Data Definitions and Data
Quality, pages 36–38
Transferring Educational Records: How to
transfer high school pupil educational
records to postsecondary educational
institutions
Education Code
Section 10856
(b)(2)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Operational Data,
pages 20–23
Early Education: The impact of early
education on student success and
achievement as the student progresses
through education segments and the
workforce
Education Code
Section 10856
(c)(1)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20 and April
2021 Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
pages 4–7
Primary Education: The long-term effect
of state intervention programs and
targeted resource allocations in primary
education
Education Code
Section 10856
(c)(2)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20 and April
2021 Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
pages 4–7
College and Career Readiness: How
prepared high school pupils are to
succeed in college
Education Code
Section 10856
(c)(3)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20 and April
2021 Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
pages 4–7
Transfer Outcomes: How long it takes
students who transfer from community
college to the University of California,
the California State University, or another
four-year postsecondary educational
institution to graduate with a
baccalaureate degree
Education Code
Section 10856
(c)(4)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20 and April
2021 Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
pages 4–7
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Requirement Code Section Legislative Report Location
Financial Aid: College access,
completion, and long-term effects of
access to state financial aid
Education Code
Section 10856
(c)(5)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20 and April
2021 Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
pages 4–7
Workforce: The workforce effect of
graduation from high school, community
college, and four-year postsecondary
educational institutions
Education Code
Section 10856
(c)(6)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20 and April
2021 Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
pages 4–7
Prior Efforts: It is the intent of the
Legislature that the workgroup review
and build upon prior reports, including
those produced pursuant to Senate Bill
1298 of the 2007–08 Regular Session
(Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2008),
and review and build upon existing data
systems and best practices, as
appropriate and relevant
Education Code
Section 10856
(d)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 2: The Planning
Process, Background Research,
page 2
Second Legislative Report Requirements
A planning facilitator that contracts with the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 10855 shall report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature
by January 1, 2021, its recommendations on all of the following:
Data Access: How access to data will
be controlled and authorized
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(1)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 6: Linking and
Accessing Data, Data Request
Process, pages 31–33; April 2021
Update Report, Section 1:
Privacy and Security, pages 1–
4; and June 2021 Final Report,
Section 3: Privacy and Security
Policies, pages 7–8
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Requirement Code Section Legislative Report Location
Common Data Definitions: A means of
developing common data definitions
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(2)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 7: Privacy,
Security, and Data Definitions,
Data Definitions and Data
Quality, pages 36–38 and April
2021 Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
pages 4–7
Additional Data Elements: Additional
data elements necessary for partner
entities to collect for future linkage to
the data system
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(3)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Data for Analytical
Purposes, page 16
Statutory Changes: Any specific
changes to state law that may be
necessary for implementation
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(4)
For scaling of the California
College Guidance Initiative,
https://
cadatasystem.wested.org/
recommendations
Other items were sent by partner
entities to the Department of
Finance in response to the 2021
Trailer Bill
Training and Support: Plans for training
and support of users
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(5)
April 2021 Update Report,
Section 3: Community
Engagement, pages 7–8 and
June 2021 Final Report, Section
2: Community Engagement,
pages 4–6
System Access: How users will be able to
access the data system
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(6)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20
Data Entry and Correction: How
authorized users will enter and correct
data
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(7)
This process cannot be finalized
until the vendor is selected
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Requirement Code Section Legislative Report Location
Data Quality: How to ensure data quality
from each component of the education
system and participating entities
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(8)
April 2021 Update Report,
Section 2: Updated List of Data
Points, pages 4–7 and June
2021 Final Report, Section 5:
Data, page 11
Security and Data Privacy: How to
address security and data privacy
considerations, including compliance
with existing state and federal data
privacy and use laws, and standard
elements that will be included in
agreements necessary to share data
among partner entities
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(9)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 7: Privacy,
Security, and Data Definitions,
Security Framework, pages 35–
36; April 2021 Update Report,
Section 1: Privacy and Security,
pages 1–4, and June 2021 Final
Report, Section 3: Privacy and
Security Policies, pages 7–8
Memoranda of Understanding: How to
connect data in a manner that limits the
number of memoranda of
understanding necessary and maximizes
efficiencies
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(10)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 7: Privacy,
Security, and Data Definitions,
Legal Framework, pages 34–35,
and June 2021 Final Report,
Section 4: Legal Templates,
pages 9–10
Data Request Process: How to respond
to requests from researchers to access
data
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(11)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 6: Linking and
Accessing Data, Data Request
Process, pages 31–33
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Requirement Code Section Legislative Report Location
Data Expansion: How the data system
should be expanded to incorporate
childcare, early education, workforce,
financial aid, and health and human
services data
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(12)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 9:
Implementation, Sequencing
and Timeline, pages 41–48
Implementation Timeline: An
implementation timeline, including key
project milestones and sequencing for
functionality expansions and
enhancements
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(13)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 9:
Implementation, Sequencing
and Timeline, pages 41–48
Fiscal Estimate: The estimated fiscal
impact of developing the data system
and the cost of recommended
expansions and enhancements,
including the ongoing management
costs
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(14)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 9:
Implementation, Estimated
Costs, pages 49–51and April
2021 Update Report, Section 5:
Budget and Procurement
Process, pages 10–11
Prioritization of Key Components: A
prioritization of key components needed
to best enhance and expand the data
system if available funding is insufficient
to address all desirable elements
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(15)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Executive Summary,
pages i–vi
Public Interface: How to create a public-
facing interface to share information
with the public that can help inform
decisions
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(16)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 4: Technical
Structure, Accessing Analytical
Data, pages 17–20; April 2021
Update Report, Section 2:
Updated List of Data Points,
page 4; and June 2021 Final
Report, Section 2: Community
Engagement, pages 4–6
Statewide Student Identifier (SSID): How
to identify and track students who do
not have a preexisting statewide student
identifier from the California Department
of Education
Education Code
Section 10857
(a)(17)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 6: Linking and
Accessing Data, Record
Linking, pages 30–31
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Requirement Code Section Legislative Report Location
Prioritization for Implementation: To the
extent practicable, the workgroup shall
prioritize the implementation of the data
system in the following order:
(A) Phase 1: K–12 and higher education
(B) Phase 2: Workforce
(C) Phase 3: Early care and education
(D) Phase 4: Health and human services
and other data connections
Education Code
Section 10857
(b)(1)
December 2020 Legislative
Report, Section 3: Purpose and
Available Data, Proposed
Information for Phase One,
pages 12–13
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Documentation Referenced in the Report
All items are available at https://cadatasystem.wested.org/recommendations.
Community Engagement (Pages 4–6)
Community engagement plan
Communications overview
Privacy and Security Policies (Pages 7–8)
Permission protocol
Incident response policy
Incident response plan
Data suppression protocol for summary data
Data Points (Page 11)
P20W data points by provider
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Planning Process Participants
Cradle-to-Career Workgroup
AssociationofIndependentCaliforniaCollegesandUniversities
Thomas Vu, Vice President for Policy
BureauforPrivatePostsecondaryEducation
Deborah Cochran, Bureau Chief
Michael Marion, Bureau Chief
Leeza Rifredi, Deputy Bureau Chief
CaliforniaCommissiononTeacherCredentialing
Michele Perrault, Director of the Administrative Services Division
CaliforniaCommunityCollegesChancellor’sOffice
Barney Gomez, Vice Chancellor for Digital Innovation and Infrastructure Division
John Hetts, Visiting Executive for Research and Data
CaliforniaDepartmentofEducation
Cindy Kazanis, Director of the Analysis of the Measurement, and Accountability
Reporting Division
Sarah Neville-Morgan, Deputy Superintendent of the Opportunities for All Branch
Mary Nicely, Senior Policy Advisor to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction
CaliforniaDepartmentofSocialServices
Akhtar Khan, Branch Chief for the Research Services Branch, Research, Automation,
and Data Division
Natasha Nicolai, Chief Data Strategist
CaliforniaDepartmentofTechnology
Brenda Bridges Cruz, Deputy Director of the Office of Professional Development
Tim Murphy, Architect
CaliforniaHealthandHumanServices
Elaine Scordakis, Assistant Director of the California Office of Health Information
Integrity
John Ohanian, Chief Data Officer and Director
CaliforniaLaborandWorkforceDevelopmentAgency
Jeanne Wolfe, Assistant General Counsel
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CaliforniaSchoolInformationServices
Amy Fong, Chief Operations Officer
CaliforniaStateBoardofEducation
Sara Pietrowski, Policy Consultant
CaliforniaStateUniversity,OfficeoftheChancellor
Ed Sullivan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Research and Resources
Matthew Case, Interim Director, Strategic Policy Analytics
CaliforniaStudentAidCommission
Patrick Perry, Division Chief of Policy, Research, and Data
EmploymentDevelopmentDepartment
Amy Faulkner, Chief of the Labor Market Information Division
GovernmentOperationsAgency
Joy Bonaguro, Statewide Chief Data Officer
UniversityofCalifornia,OfficeofthePresident
Chris Furgiuele, Director for Institutional Research and Planning
Policy and Analytics Advisory Group
AsianAmericansAdvancingJustice
Liza Chu, California Policy Manager
Victoria Dominguez, Policy Director
CaliforniaBudgetandPolicyCenter
Kristin Schumacher, Senior Policy Analyst
CaliforniaCompetes
Su Jin Gatlin Jez, Executive Director
CaliforniaPolicyLab
Evan White, Executive Director
CaliforniaTeachersAssociation
Brian Guerrero, Former President and 7th grade Language Arts teacher at Lennox
Middle School
ChildTrends
Carlise King, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Data Collaborative
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Children’sDataNetwork
Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Director
ChildrenNow
Samantha Tran, Senior Managing Director of Education Policy
EducationInsightsCenter
Andrea Venezia, Executive Director
EducationTrust‐West
Christopher Nellum, Interim Executive Director
EducationalResultsPartnership
James Lanich, President and Chief Executive Officer
GreatSchools.org
Orville Jackson, Senior Director of Data Strategy
PolicyAnalysisforCaliforniaEducation
Heather Hough, Executive Director
PublicAdvocates
Liz Guillen, Director of Legislative and Community Affairs
Rigel Spencer Massaro, Senior Legislative Counsel (prior to joining the State Board of
Education)
PublicPolicyInstituteofCalifornia
Jacob Jackson, Research Fellow
TheInstituteforCollegeAccessandSuccess
Angela Perry, Policy Analyst
Practice and Operations Advisory Group
BakersfieldCollege
Craig Hayward, Dean of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness
CaliforniaFederationofTeachers
Reynaldo Dulaney, Jr., High School Teacher, Thurgood Marshall High School
CampaignforCollegeOpportunity
Sara Arce, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy
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ChildCareResourceCenter
Susan Savage, Director of Research
COREDistricts
Rick Miller, Executive Director
FoothillCollege
Laurie Scolari, Associate Vice President of Student Services
FuturoHealth
Anthony Dalton, Chief Data and Technology Officer
LancasterUnifiedSchoolDistrict
Michele Bowers, Superintendent
LinkedLearningAlliance
Roneeta Guha, Vice President for Strategy and Impact
PowayUnifiedSchoolDistrict
Kathleen Porter, Executive Director of Career Technical, Adult, and Alternative
Education
ReinventStocktonFoundation
Lange Luntao, Executive Director
RiversideCountyOfficeofEducation
Catalina Cifuentes, Executive Director of College and Career Readiness
SantaClaraCountyOfficeofEducation
Joell Hanson, Career Technical Education Coordinator
Marcy Lauck, Retired Senior Advisor for Data Initiatives
Nabil Shahin, Director of K–12 Data Governance
uAspire
Jaclyn Pinero, Chief Regional Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Tyler Wu, California Policy Director
UNITE‐LA
David Rattray, President
WestHillsCollegeLemoore
Kristin Clark, President
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Common Identifier Subcommittee
AssociationofIndependentCaliforniaCollegesandUniversities
Jonathon Chillas, Chief Data Officer and Vice President of National University
BureauforPrivatePostsecondaryEducation
Scott Valverde, Chief of Student Assistance and Relief
CaliforniaCollegeGuidanceInitiative
Ben Baird, Director of CaliforniaColleges.edu Data Infrastructure
CaliforniaCommissiononTeacherCredentialing
Michele Perrault, Director of the Administrative Services Division
CaliforniaCommunityCollegesChancellor’sOffice
Todd Hoig, Director of the Management Information Systems
CaliforniaDepartmentofEducation
Channa Hewawickrama, Education Research and Evaluation Consultant for the
Early Learning and Care Division
Jerry Winkler, Division Director of the Educational Data Management Division
CaliforniaDepartmentofSocialServices
Jayson Hunt, Research Data Specialist
Akhtar Khan, Branch Chief, Research Services Branch, Research, Automation, and
Data Division
CaliforniaDepartmentofTechnology
Janet Buehler, Enterprise Architect
CaliforniaHealthandHumanServicesAgency
Chris Krawczyk, Chief Analytics Officer
Jennifer Schwartz, Chief Counsel
CaliforniaLaborandWorkforceDevelopmentAgencyandEmploymentDevelopmentDepartment
Amy Faulkner, Division Chief of the Labor Market Information Division
CaliforniaSchoolInformationServices
Greg Scull, Information Systems Officer
CaliforniaStateBoardofEducation
Sara Pietrowski, Policy Consultant
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CaliforniaStateUniversityOfficeoftheChancellor
Jeff Whitney, Director of Implementation Services
CalPolyPomona
Joseph Hackbarth, Director of Enrollment Management Data and Operations
Analysis
CaliforniaStudentAidCommission
Patrick Perry, Division Chief for Policy, Research, and Data
EducationalResultsPartnership
Dan Lamoree, Principal Data Architect
UniversityofCalifornia,Davis
Paco Martorell, Associate Professor for the School of Education
UniversityofCaliforniaOfficeofthePresident
Eric Goodman, Data Architect and Identity Access Management Lead
UniversityofSouthernCalifornia
John Prindle, Research Assistant Professor
Community Engagement Subcommittee
AdvancementProject
Karla Pleitez-Howell, Managing Director of Policy and Programs
AsianAmericansAdvancingJustice
Victoria (Nikki) Dominguez, Policy Director
CaliforniaCollaborativeforEducationalExcellence
Steven Sterling Mitchell, Senior Manager
CaliforniaCollegeGuidanceInitiative
Maya Ramos Clayton, Vice President of District Partnerships
CaliforniaEDGECoalition
Anna Alvarado, Policy Director
CaliforniaSchoolInformationServices
Amy Fong, Chief Operations Officer
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CaliforniaStateBoardofEducation
Zaid Fattah, State Board of Education Representative (Monte Vista High School)
CaliforniaStateParentTeacherAssociation(PTA)
Lea Darrah, Vice President for Education
CaliforniaTogether
Xilonin Cruz-Gonzalez, Deputy Director
ChildrenNow
Stephen Blake, Senior Advisor
ConcordiaUniversityIrvine
Lizz Mishreki, Director of Public Relations and FirstGen Student Initiative
DelNorteCountyOfficeofEducation
Jeff Harris, Superintendent
ElkGroveUnifiedSchoolDistrict
Jackie Nevarez, College and Career Pathways Counselor
FresnoUnifiedSchoolDistrict
Heather Allen, Executive Director, College and Career Readiness
GrowingInlandAchievement
Sorrel Stielstra, Director of Research
HighTechHighGraduateSchoolofEducation
Ben Daley, President
ImperialCountyOfficeofEducation
Denise Cabanilla, Director of Higher Learning and Adult Education
JobsfortheFuture
Mara Lockowandt, Senior Program Manager
LegacyEducation
Ena Hull, Chief Operations Officer
MorenoValleyUnifiedSchoolDistrict
Esperanza Arce, Director of Secondary Education
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NAACPPomonaValleyBranch
Jeanette EllisRoyston, President
NorthOrangeCountyChamberofCommerce
Theresa Harvey, President/CEO
ParentInstituteforQualityEducation(PIQE)
Patricia E. Chavez, Director of Policy
Lucero Chavez, Policy Associate
SacramentoState
Chao (Danny) Vang, Executive Coordinator of Equity Programs
SanBernardinoCityUnifiedSchoolDistrict
Rose Gonzalez, Coordinator, Workforce Development
SanDiegoStateUniversity
Laura Owen, Executive Director, Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment
StudentSenateforCaliforniaCommunityColleges
Gerardo Chavez, Region Affairs Director
UniversityofCaliforniaOfficeofthePresident
Jenna Allen, Executive Director and Deputy to the Vice President, Institutional
Research and Planning
VistaMurrietaHighSchool
Eric Peterson, Counselor and Adjunct Professor, Concordia University Irvine
WashingtonUnifiedSchoolDistrict
Jackie Wong, Trustee
Definitions Subcommittee
AssociationofIndependentCaliforniaCollegesandUniversities
Todd Britton, Acting Vice President and Chief Information Officer for University of
LaVerne
Randy Tarnowski, Director of Research
BureauforPrivatePostsecondaryEducation
Joanna Murray, Senior Education Specialist
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CaliforniaCommissiononTeacherCredentialing
Phi Phi Lau, Consultant
Erin Skubal, Director, Certification
Marjorie Suckow, Consultant
CaliforniaCommunityCollegesChancellor’sOffice
Todd Hoig, Director of Management Information Systems
CaliforniaDepartmentofEducation
Channa Hewawickrama, Education Research and Evaluation Consultant for the
Early Learning and Care Division
Glenn Miller, Education Administrator
Paula Mishima, Education Administrator
Jerry Winkler, Division Director of the Educational Data Management Division
CaliforniaDepartmentofHealthCareServices
Muree Larson-Bright, Staffing Audits and Research Branch Chief
Phil Heinrich, Senior Information Systems Analyst
CaliforniaDepartmentofIndustrialRelations
Glen Forman, Deputy Chief, Apprenticeship Standards
CaliforniaDepartmentofSocialServices
Patrick Delaney, Research Data Specialist
Akhtar Khan, Branch Chief for the Research Services Branch, Research, Automation,
and Data Division
CaliforniaDepartmentofTechnology
Janet Buehler, Enterprise Architect
CaliforniaHealthandHumanServicesAgency
David Sanabria, Data Architect
Jennifer Schwartz, Chief Counsel
CaliforniaLaborandWorkforceDevelopmentAgency
Patrick Getz, Information Technology Project Manager for CAAL-Skills
CaliforniaSchoolInformationServices
Rima Mendez, Requirements Officer
CaliforniaStateUniversityOfficeoftheChancellor
Monica Malhotra, Director of Strategic Analytics
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CaliforniaStateBoardofEducation
Sara Pietrowski, Policy Consultant
CaliforniaStudentAidCommission
Adrian Felix, Research Data Specialist
EmploymentDevelopmentDepartment
Margo Gonzales, Deputy Division Chief of the Labor Market Information Division
UniversityofCaliforniaOfficeofthePresident
Chris Furgiuele, Institutional Research Manager
WestCoastUniversity
Valerie Mendelsohn, Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management
Legal Subcommittee
AssociationofIndependentCaliforniaCollegesandUniversities
Veronica Villalobos Cruz, Managing Director of Cruz Strategies
BureauforPrivatePostsecondaryEducation
Douglas Smith, Counsel
Freshta Rasoli, Executive Analyst
CaliforniaCommissiononTeacherCredentialing
Katie Elliott, Attorney
Linh Nguyen, Chief Deputy Director
CaliforniaCommunityCollegesChancellor’sOffice
Kathy Lynch, Deputy Counsel
CaliforniaDepartmentofEducation
Bruce Yonehiro, Deputy General Counsel
CaliforniaDepartmentofGeneralServices
Marina Feehan, Attorney III, Office of Legal Services
Jennifer Bollinger, Chief Counsel and Deputy Director
CaliforniaDepartmentofHealthCareServices
Cynthia Bosco, Senior Attorney
Margaret Porto, Senior Attorney
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CaliforniaDepartmentofSocialServices
Akhtar Khan, Branch Chief for the Research Services Branch, Research, Automation,
and Data Division
Carolyn Kubish, Senior Counsel
CaliforniaDepartmentofTechnology
Jennifer Marquez, Attorney
Kary Marshall, Attorney
CaliforniaGovernmentOperationsAgency
Gabriel Ravel, Deputy Secretary and General Counsel
Kristine Beckley, Assistant General Counsel
Rebekah Gibson, Assistant General Counsel
CaliforniaHealthandHumanServicesAgency
Jennifer Schwartz, Chief Counsel
CaliforniaLaborandWorkforceDevelopmentAgency
Jeanne Wolfe, Assistant General Counsel
CaliforniaSchoolInformationServices
Rima Mendez, Requirements Officer
CaliforniaStateBoardofEducation
Sara Pietrowski, Policy Consultant
CaliforniaStateUniversityOfficeoftheChancellor
Arun Casuba, Executive Director and Strategic Sourcing and Chief Procurement
Officer
Ed Hudson, Chief Information Security Officer
Monique Shay, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Counsel
Ed Sullivan, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Research and Resources
John Walsh, University Counsel
CaliforniaStudentAidCommission
Julia Blair, Chief Legal Counsel
Mark Paxson, Acting General Counsel
EmploymentDevelopmentDepartment
Brian Davis, Senior Attorney
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UniversityofCaliforniaOfficeofthePresident
Stella Ngai, Senior Counsel, Public Accountability and Governance
Research Agenda Subcommittee
AssociationofIndependentCaliforniaCollegesandUniversities
Thomas Vu, Vice President for Policy
BureauforPrivatePostsecondaryEducation
Alma Mededovic, Compliance Analyst
CaliforniaCommissiononTeacherCredentialing
Tine Sloan, Commission Chair
CaliforniaCommunityCollegesChancellor’sOffice
John Hetts, Visiting Executive for Research and Data for the Educational Services
and Support Division
Valerie Lundy-Wagner, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Research and Data for the
Educational Services and Support Division
CaliforniaDepartmentofEducation
Ben Allen, Education Programs Consultant for the Early Learning and Care Division
Jonathan Isler, Administrator for the Data Visualization and Reporting Office, Analysis,
Measurement, and Accountability Reporting Division
CaliforniaDepartmentofSocialServices
Natasha Nicolai, Chief Data Strategist
CaliforniaDepartmentofTechnology
Janet Buehler, Enterprise Architect
CaliforniaHealthandHumanServicesAgency
Jennifer Schwartz, Chief Counsel
CaliforniaLaborandWorkforceDevelopmentAgency
Dan Rounds, Deputy Director for Policy, Research, and Legislation
CaliforniaOfficeofStatewideHealthPlanningandDevelopment
Chris Krawczyk, Chief Analytics Officer
CaliforniaSchoolInformationServices
Martha Friedrich, Client Services Officer
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CaliforniaStateUniversityOfficeoftheChancellor
Nathan Evans, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for Academic and Student Affairs
CaliforniaStateBoardofEducation
Sara Pietrowski, Policy Consultant
CaliforniaStudentAidCommission
Jessica Moldoff, Research Data Specialist
CentersofExcellenceforLaborMarketResearch
Laura Coleman, Statewide Director
EmploymentDevelopmentDepartment
Muhammad Akhtar, Deputy Division Chief of the Labor Market Information Division
GurnickAcademyofMedicalArts
Abraham Cicchetti, Campus Director
HossLeeAcademy,Inc.
Lisa Lee, Owner/Director
ResearchandPlanningGroupforCaliforniaCommunity Colleges
Alyssa Nguyen, Director of Research and Evaluation
UnitekLearning.com
Steve Watkins, Vice President of Program Development and Regulatory Affairs
UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
Tameka McGlawn, Executive Director of the College and Career Academy Support
Network
Jesse Rothstein, Professor of Public Policy and Economics
UniversityofCalifornia,Davis
Michal Kurlaender, Professor and Department Chair for the School of Education
Sherrie Reed, Executive Director of the California Education Lab
UniversityofCaliforniaOfficeofthePresident
Tongshan Chang, Director for Institutional Research and Planning
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara
Russell Rumberger, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Education
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Technology and Security Subcommittee
AntelopeValleyUnionHighSchoolDistrict
Formeka Dent, District Data Technician
AssociationofIndependentCaliforniaCollegesandUniversities
Helen Norris, Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Chapman University
BureauforPrivatePostsecondaryEducation
Jason Piccione, Deputy Director and Chief Information Officer
CaliforniaCollegeGuidanceInitiative
Ben Baird, Director of CaliforniaColleges.edu Data Infrastructure
CaliforniaCommissiononTeacherCredentialing
Andy Manguia, Information Technology Supervisor
Don McGillivray, Information Technology Specialist
CaliforniaCommunityCollegesChancellor’sOffice
Barney Gomez, Vice Chancellor, Digital Innovation and Infrastructure Division
Daryl Lal, Information Security Specialist
CaliforniaDepartmentofEducation
Alan Nakahara, Manager for the Application Development and Maintenance
Office of the Technology Services Division
Rodney Okamoto, Director for the Technology Services Division
CaliforniaDepartmentofGeneralServices
Mike Arakji, Chief Information Security Officer
CaliforniaDepartmentofSocialServices
Karissa Vidamo, Acting Information Security and Privacy Officer
CaliforniaDepartmentofTechnology
Janet Buehler, Enterprise Architect
Vitaliy Panych, Acting State Chief Information Security Officer
Michele Robinson, Manager for Security Risk and Governance
CaliforniaHealthandHumanServicesAgency
Adam Dondro, Agency Chief Information Officer
Lloyd Indig, Agency Information Security Officer
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CaliforniaLaborandWorkforceDevelopmentAgency
Douglas Leone, Agency Information Security Officer
CaliforniaSchoolInformationServices
Greg Scull, Information Systems Officer
CaliforniaStateUniversityOfficeoftheChancellor
Subash D’Souza, Director of Cloud Data Engineering
Ed Hudson, Chief Information Security Officer
CaliforniaStateBoardofEducation
Sara Pietrowski, Policy Consultant
CaliforniaStudentAidCommission
Gurinder Bains, Chief Information Officer
COREDistricts
Noah Bookman, Executive Director
EducationalResultsPartnership
Dan Lamoree, Principal Data Architect
EmploymentDevelopmentDepartment
Todd Ibbotson, Information Security Officer
ModestoJuniorCollege
Jenni Abbott, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness
UniversityofCaliforniaOfficeofthePresident
Matthew Linzer, Information Security Manager
Hooman Pejman, Data Architect
WestEd Facilitation Team
Lupita Alcala, Director of Education Policy and Outcomes
Rachel Antrobus, Senior Program Associate
Rhegille Baltazar, Program Coordinator
Allie Bollella, Program Coordinator
Kathy Booth, Project Director for Educational Data and Policy
Kathy Reeves Bracco, Consultant
Andrew Brannegan, Improvement Analytics Specialist
Erin Carter, Web Producer/Administrator
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Jessica Chittaphong, Program Coordinator
Rosemary De La Torre-Trigueros, Program Assistant
Neal Finkelstein, Senior Managing Director
LeAnn Fong-Batkin, Senior Project Manager
James Gilroy, Program Coordinator
Melissa Josue, Administrative Assistant
Alexandra Lozanoff, Senior Project Manager
Mansi Master, Operations Analyst
Marion McWilliams, Legal Counsel
Michael Medina, Graphic Designer
Sara Miller, Research Associate
Baron Rodriguez, Director of Privacy and Data Security
Vanessa Scheirer, Visual and UX Designer
Marisela Sifuentes, Research Assistant
Ravinder Singh, Senior Program Associate
Cameron Sublett, Senior Research Associate
Amy Supinger, Consultant
Gerrit Westervelt, Director, Early Childhood Policy and Development
Melissa White, Project Director
Noel White, Senior Editor
With support from the Data Quality Campaign:
Paige Kowalski, Executive Vice President
Gavin Payne, Consultant
And from Collaborative Communications:
Elizabeth Galicia, Strategic Consultant
Katherine Hunt, Partner
Liv Jacobson, Senior Associate
Maura Keaney, Vice President
Meg Sommerfeld, Vice President
