The Alignment of the DQC’s 10 Essential Elements with the America COMPETES 12 Elements

• Organizations: Data Quality Campaign
• Date: 01/2010
• Description: In 2007, through the America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), the federal government codified the 12 elements of a P-16 education data system. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government reaffirmed its commitment to the development and use of these data systems by requiring states, as a condition of receiving State Fiscal Stabilization Funds, to commit to building a data system which consists of all the elements indicated in America COMPETES. The table shows how the 12 elements that were detailed in America COMPETES are aligned with the DQC’s 10 Essential Elements.

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