It's a huge burden to receive reports on the Friday before the Christmas holiday break and have them due the first week after the new year. It's a burden in terms of finding personnel at the different campuses to assist with clarifications, since staff is out for the break, and if someone can be brought in there is additional payroll expense involved. The recognized schools are underreporting - if the data is examined at that level, this is what one sees in many instances, statewide. So this is an example of a systemic imbalance. Need to make a policy decision - do we want to spend our time and money working with students who are at school or dedicate major resources to finding those who aren't.
Teachers tell on teachers, students talk about irregularities.
The focus in the media needs to be on excellence in accounting for students to be helpful, not just on a higher or lower rating. There are multiple points of entry for a single child's data- easy for mistakes to be made. Software problems and constant changes to the system create the environment for data reporting problems.