"Then there’s the alarming encroachment of data miners into the lives of parents and their young children. As I’ve reported previously, Common Core–aligned assessment systems such as Teaching Strategies Gold in Colorado and California’s Desired Results Developmental Profile are stockpiling massive amounts of information on preschoolers’ social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive development. The collection of data and accompanying assessment inevitably dictate the content in the classroom.
TS Gold, which integrates its results into the vast network of statewide longitudinal data systems, raked in $30 million in federal Race to the Top subsidies in 2012. The latest round of Obama’s Preschool Development Grants and Early Head Start–Child Care Partnership Awards require applicants to plug into this insatiable data machine, as well as “linking” and “partnering” with a plethora of other government programs."
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