The California Cradle-to-Career System is California’s new longitudinal data system. The planning process that created it was led by a team at WestEd, which included individuals with extensive experience building linked data sets, providing support to state longitudinal data systems, and working within and alongside California’s education, workforce, and employment agencies.
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Key team members for condensing the 18-month process into key lessons for other states included:
- Kathy Booth
- Kathy Bracco
- Sean Cottrell
- LeAnn Fong-Batkin
- Marion McWilliams
- Baron Rodriguez
Team members who created engaging and readable web content included:
- Ryanne Holbrook
- Jessie Johnson
- Michelle Kirk
- Nick Pishvanov
- Frances Reade
- Vanessa Scheirer
This website was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which also provided content on technical system design, based on work in multiple states that are modernizing their data systems.
