Grantee State - Michigan
Project Director: Tom Howell
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2009 Grant Application
New Bridges: Building Michigan’s Capacity for a Longitudinal P-20 and Workforce Data Decision Support System
Start Date: 6/1/2009
End Date: 5/31/2012
Amount Awarded: $5,517,228
Project Application 
3.5 MB
Project Abstract 94 KB
Major Outcomes:
- Requirements Gathering.
- Longitudinal Data Marts and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes from P-12 student administrative and assessment data.
- Reporting system of dynamically updated reports that allow LEA leaders and educators, state program administrators, policy makers, and the public to select report parameters.
- Requirements gathering report of postsecondary institution and LEA pilot partners.
- Model policies, agreements, and memoranda of understanding (MOUs).
- Unique Identification Code (UIC) Web service and online interface for postsecondary data systems, state workforce data systems, state student financial aid systems.
- Prototype of P-20 longitudinal student analytical data store, adding postsecondary student and financial aid data.
- Prototype of an education and workforce longitudinal data store connecting available state workforce data and the longitudinal P-20 student and financial aid analytical data store.
- Prototype reports that allow postsecondary leader, state administrative users, policy makers, and the public to select report parameters based on the report of needs and uses.
- Enhanced electronic student transcript service.
2006 Grant Application
Michigan Statewide Longitudinal Data System
Start Date: 2/1/2006
End Date: 1/31/2010
Amount Awarded: $3,000,000
Project Application 8.8 MB
Project Abstract 78 KB
Major Outcomes:
The work of this project will be enhanced through a multi-state partnership among the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Michigan's Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI), the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
- Data Analysis and Research Requirements:
- Value-added performance indicators.
- Evaluation of instructional practices and programs.
- Teacher education.
- Student and staff mobility.
- Tri-state coordination.
- Data Access Policies:
- Deadlines for reporting.
- Transactions vs. snapshot collection.
- Outreach to stakeholders.
- Who has access to what data?
- Professional development.
- Tri-state coordination.
- Data Dictionary:
- Dictionary standards.
- Student course transcripts.
- Survey of instructional practices and educational programs for teachers, principals, and district staff.
- Outreach to stakeholders.
- Tri-state coordination.
- Data Warehouse.
- Secure Data Transport:
- Federal, State, and local compliance reporting.
- Data exchange (e.g., transcripts and test scores) across schools, districts, states.
- Tri-state coordination.
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