When a teacher is planning a lesson, he must consider the goals and objectives, the methodology to be implemented, materials needed, and the metric used to determine if the objective has been met. This lesson must also fit within the context of a larger unit plan, and subsequently support future learning. On a much larger scale, but with very similar structure, data standards govern how a subject or set of curricula are to be delivered. They represent evidence of a school, district, state or federal department having means to 1) meet specific goal; 2) access necessary tools; 3) know if funds are improving learning; and 4) provide aggregate information to the public. (Who Uses..., 2014). "Essential to realizing the target state, Data Architecture describes how data is processed, stored, and utilized in an information system." (Wikipedia, p.1). What system you run the information through, the constraints under which the data is digested affects the integrity of any conclusions reached or inferences drawn. Space enough to store the data is imperative, and the format in which it exists must be communicative with similar data. If data cannot be read and combined, interpretation is hampered. Lastly, how the information is used affects the ultimate goal: improving learning. As a result, considering the data architecture must take place in the planning phase. “CEDS is designed to bridge the communication gap that can exist between education stakeholders.” (CEDS, 2016). If a common language of accepted terminology was not voluntarily adopted, then understanding between stakeholders: teachers, administrators, parents and even students, would be inefficient and wasteful of both time and precious taxpayer dollars. The standards attempt to meet that need so that both written and oral communication can serve the learning needs of the students across the grades and as they move from one year to the next. While observing the need to respect privacy, big data needs to be well dealt with in a carefully planned architecture. Resource: (2016) CEDS Introduction. YouTube. Retrieved September 20, 2016, from https://youtu.be/A2wb72vqI-Q (2011). Data architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved September 20, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_architecture. (2014). Who Uses Student Data? - YouTube. Retrieved September 20, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uj0JkCpgM
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