Grantee State - Kansas
Project Director: Kathy Gosa
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2009 Grant Application
Data Informed Education Leadership
Start Date: 5/1/2009
End Date: 4/30/2012
Amount Awarded: $3,911,792
Project Application 
5.0 MB
Project Abstract 110 KB
Major Outcomes:
- Provide secure access to integrated, quality education data: Year 1
- Continuously improve data quality and security:
- Use automated testing software to ensure quality and validity of changes to KSDE collection applications.
- Expand the KSDE Data Quality Certification (DQC) Program.
- Enhance Data Audit Program.
- Implement DQC program for postsecondary (PS).
- Ensure secure and robust data architecture and processes.
- Connect data systems:
- Implement an e-transcript solution.
- Create student operational data store (ODS).
- Expand data in KSDE Enterprise Data System (EDS).
- Increase state capacity to use longitudinal data to improve student achievement: Year 1
- Make using data to inform decisions part of everyday practice for education leaders:
- Support and enhance work of the Kansas Education Data User Consortium (KEDUC).
- Assist districts with developing capacity to use longitudinal data in conjunction with their data systems.
- Increase amount and quality of education research in Kansas:
- Provide awards for quality research on a State Research Agenda topic.
- Connect practitioners having research and evaluation needs, to researchers who can assist/mentor them.
2007 Grant Application
Kansas Initiative for Use of Education Data
Start Date: 8/1/2007
End Date: 7/31/2010
Amount Awarded: $3,834,796
Project Application 12.5 MB
Project Abstract 99 KB
Major Outcomes:
- Enhance Enterprise Data System:
- Enhance student tracking, including dropouts:
- Implement tracking of claims and exits using SIF technology.
- Investigate electronic transcripts for Kansas public & private schools.
- Enable study of impact on achievement of course sequencing, programs, and teacher preparation:
- Implement Standard State Course Codes (SSCC).
- Include State Student IDs & student master data management (MDM) procedures in Migrant data collection application.
- Establish educator IDs and integrate educator applications.
- Load student-level program data (historical and on-going) into EDS and update the Enterprise Metadata repository.
- Enhance Student Data Collection to collect Courses Completed for each high school student.
- Implement Capability for Data Use:
- Enable implementation and use of a research agenda by establishing a Research Consortium.
- Increase data quality:
- Expand automated audits in student data systems.
- Expand automated audits in educator data systems.
- Expand Data Quality Certification (DQC) program.
- Implement data delivery for decision support:
- Design modifications to Authentication System to provide appropriate access for BI and data delivery solutions.
- Revise Data Access & Use Policy reflecting enhanced use capabilities.
- Review and evaluate BI solutions and select tool.
- Prioritize delivery of EDS data delivery solutions for stakeholders.
- Design training strategy.
- Implement training for data delivery solution and develop training materials to provide targeted training for use of metadata and BI tools and for understanding and using the data.
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