Photo by Source: Austin Chamber of CommerThe Austin Chamber of Commerce released its 2012 Education Progress Reports on April 3, providing business owners, educators and parents with a snapshot of what is happening in local school districts.
Kwee Lan Teo Yam, vice president of education and talent alignment for the chamber, said that for the past eight years, the chamber has partnered with school districts and other Central Texas chambers to compile reports of student performance data relevant to the business community.
"This is the cohort that's entering the workforce or is already in the workforce," Teo Yam said. "This is what your businesses and your community can get to hire. Is it a community of students that have generally pursued some form of post-secondary education? How many graduate within four years? And if you hire them, are they going to need remedial math [refresher classes]?"
Questions such as these matter to local businesses as well as to companies considering relocating to Austin, she said, and the reports can be used to gauge the health of a district.
