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State Policy: K-12 Education
Strengthening Public K-12 Education Strengthening our schools and universities is essential to providing all Americans with the educational opportunities needed to succeed in the Innovation Economy. TechNet strongly supports strengthening state investments in voth K-12 and higher education combined with reforms to improve results and accountability, modernize facilities, and boost proficiency in critical areas such as math and science. TechNet supports policies to collect and compile "longitudinal data" that allows policymakers, educators and parents to better measure individual student progress and make better decisions about which programs work most effectively, while protecting the privacy of individual students. Good data enables policymakers to make better decisions about how to spend education dollars. Good data helps parents make the best decisions about schools for their children. Good data helps teachers better respond to the needs of their students. And good data should bolster widespread confidence that education dollars are being used wisely, strengthening the consensus necessary for strong, consistent support of public education. Only 70% of U.S. students graduate from high school and many surveys show U.S. students badly trailing their peers in other countries in disciplines like math and science. TechNet believes it is vital to bolster student proficiency in math and science and ensure that disadvantaged students have the opportunity to participate and succeed in the Innovation Economy. TechNet supports:
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