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The Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) is a partnership of the Baltimore
City Public School System (BCPSS), Johns
Hopkins University, Morgan State
University, and other partners. BERC's mission is to conduct and disseminate
long- and short-term strategic data analysis and research for the benefit
of the children and families of Baltimore. The Baltimore City Board of
School Commissioners recently approved a memorandum of understanding endorsing
and guiding the establishment of BERC's organizational structure, leadership,
data-sharing agreements, and research agenda. As BERC researchers study
educational processes and students' outcomes, a long-term goal is to assemble
a longitudinal database that combines BCPSS data with information about social
services, vital statistics, and neighborhood context under the custodianship
of other city or state agencies
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