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Connecticut FY 2003
Task Order: $60,000
Improving the Capacity to Report Required Student Data
In 2002, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) applied for and received a Task Order to develop a system of unique student identifiers for Connecticut’s public school students. Connecticut subsequently applied for a new task order to focus on expanding the Public School Information System student information database by adding the capacity to report required student information not currently in the system. In addition, Connecticut will develop the computer programs necessary to merge and cross-walk student data that exists in separate student program data files and so to better meet the requirements of ESEA and No Child Left Behind.
In particular, Connecticut will work to incorporate the student disciplinary offense data collection into the student information batch upload system. This effort will accomplish six significant objectives for Connecticut:
The project is an important step to providing timely, accurate data for both State and Federal Education needs and to minimizing the reporting burden on Local Education Agencies.
Connecticut FY 2002
Task Order: $80,000
Improving State Data System Infrastructure Through Assigning Unique Student Identifiers
The Connecticut State Department of Education received task order funding to identify and implement a statewide system of unique student identifiers for all public school students. The system was to be designed for the purpose of establishing a standardized electronic data collection and reporting protocol that would facilitate compliance with state and federal reporting requirements, improve school-to-school and district-to-district information exchanges, and maintain the confidentiality of individual students.
The main objectives of this project were to:
Work was completed on all tasks relating to objectives one and two and a large portion of objective three. In particular, a list of desired uses for the system and data elements needed was developed, an internal ID algorithm was created, and a random number generator software was put in place with the algorithm. In addition, data elements were mapped to allow communication between schools and the CSDE, and transformations of data elements necessary for data transmission were outlined.
Connecticut FY 2001
Task Order: $80,000
Improving State-Federal Data Collection and Reporting (Common Core of Data, Student Disciplinary Offences, and Certified Staff)
The Connecticut State Department of Education received task order funding to automate the annual revision of Connecticut's Education Directory, develop a web-based collection system for disciplinary offenses, and enhance certified staff data collection and reporting. The Education Directory contains all the information reported for CCD data collections, so creating an electronic database to update this information would save tremendous amounts of time, effort, and paperwork. The Web-based data collection system for disciplinary offenses would replace a current a hand reporting system in which each disciplinary offense is reported to the CSDE by schools on an individual form. The certified staff data collection effort would be the development of a portfolio for staff data reported for CCD collections.
Upon project conclusion, two objectives of the project, automating the Connecticut Education Directory and automation of the student disciplinary system, had been completed. The first objective was reported as complete, suggesting that through a contractor the CSDE has developed an application for automating the system, which had been on-line since October. The second objective was listed with a target date for completion in June 2002. The deliverable explains that several software options explored for automating Disciplinary reporting did not meet the state’s needs and so the CSDE has begun to explore development of computer programs that allow the CSDE to accept streams of data from local school districts’ databases rather than individual electronic forms. No further information is available on whether this was successful or not.
Connecticut FY 2000
Task Order: $80,000
Connecticut’s Web-based Data Collection and Dissemination Project
The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) received task order funding to develop a CSDE web site where local school districts could enter narrative as well as numerical data. The site would also include information for parents and legislators interested in viewing tables and queries on CSDE schools and districts. The main objectives of this project were:
The following work was done on each objective:
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