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Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program

Features Summary FY06, FY07, and FY09 Grantees

The IES Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program FEATURES SUMMARY reflects longitudinal data system components being developed by the 42 grantees and includes, but is not limited to, the components funded by the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program.


 

SLDS Features: FY 2006 | FY 2007 | FY 2009
Updated May 2009


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Categories MN
FY06
MS
FY09
MO
FY09
MT
FY09
NE
FY07
NV
FY07
NH
FY07
NY
FY09
NC
FY07
ND
FY09
OH
FY06
FY09
OR
FY07
FY09
PA
FY06
FY09
RI
FY09
SC
FY06
TN
FY06
TX
FY09
UT
FY07
VA
FY07
WA
FY09
WI
FY06
FY09
Data Content: Individual Student Data 
Assessment: Local  O O NB - O - O NB - NB P P NB NB NB O - P NB - -
Assessment: State  O O O O O P O O NB O O P O O P O O O O O O
Assessment: National College Readiness (SAT, ACT, AP Scores, etc.)  P - NB - - - NB NB - O NB P NB NB NB NB O O O NB O
Classroom Grades for K-12  P O NB - - P P NB NB NB - P P NB O NB - O P P NB
Course Enrollment and Completion  P O P - - P P NB NB O O P P P O NB O O O P NB
Attendance (Daily or Received on a Daily Basis)  P O NB - - P - NB NB NB - P - P P O O - - - -
Discipline  O O O - - P O P NB O O P P P O O O P O - O
Enrollment  O O O O O P O O NB O O P O O O O O O O O O
Homeless  O O O O O P O O NB O O P O P O O O O O O O
Migrant  P O O O O P O O NB O O P O - O P O O O O O
NGA Graduation/Drop Out  P O P P P P P O NB O O P P O NB P O O O P NB
Special Education – IEP Data  O O O P O P O O NB O O P P O O P O O O P -
Statewide Unique Student IDs  O O O O O P O O P O O P O O O O O O O O O
Student-Teacher Link  P O O NB - P O NB NB NB O - O P O NB NB O NB P -
Students Not Tested and Rationale  - O O P O P O O NB O P O O - NB O O O O O O
Data Content: Individual Staff/Teacher Data 
Teacher Assessments (Praxis, etc.)  NB - P NB - NB P NB NB O O NB P O - O O O - O NB
Teacher Assignments  P - O O O P P NB NB NB O NB O O O O O O O P NB
Teacher Certifications  NB O P O O P P O NB O O NB O O O O P O O O NB
Statewide Unique Staff/Teacher IDs  O O O NB O P O NB P O O P O O O O O O O O NB
Data Content: Inter-Agency Individual Student Data 
Integration of Adult Education Data  NB - P O P NB NB - NB - NB NB P P NB NB O P NB P -
Electronic Transcripts to Post-Secondary: Data Transfer  P NB NB NB O NB NB NB O NB P P O NB P NB O NB O - -
Electronic Transcripts to Post-Secondary: PDF  - NB NB NB O NB NB NB O NB P P - NB P NB O P O - -
Electronic Student Data Exchange Among K-12 Schools  P NB NB O P NB O NB O NB NB P NB NB NB P O P O NB NB
Electronic Student Data Exchange With Other States  - NB NB - - NB - - - - - P NB NB NB NB - - - - -
Integration of Post-Secondary Data  P NB NB - NB - P NB NB P NB NB P NB NB NB O P P O -
Integration of Workforce Data  P NB NB - NB NB P - NB NB NB NB NB NB P NB O NB NB O -
Pre-Kindergarten (beyond Special Education)  O NB P - O P - O NB NB NB - P P P P O O O P -
Data Content: School or Agency Level Data 
Geocoded Data (GIS): School or Agency Level  NB - O - - - - P - O O - P P P - O P - - -
Facility Data: School Level  P O O - - P NB O NB O O - O P - NB - P O NB -
Collection and Submission of all Federally Required Data (e.g., EdFacts)  P O O P P P P P O O P P P P P P O P O O NB
Finance: LEA/District Level  NB O O O NB P NB O NB O O - P P NB P O NB O O O
Finance: School Level  NB - NB - NB P - NB NB O O - NB P NB NB O O - NB NB
Standardized Course Codes  P O O NB P P P NB O O O P O NB O NB O O O P NB
Access to Student Level Data (via Authentication) 
Business Intelligence Tools for Schools/Teachers  P NB P NB P NB P P NB NB O P P O P O P P O NB P
LEA/District Staff  P O P NB O P P P P NB O P O O P P O P O NB P
Parents  NB O NB NB - - NB NB - NB O P NB NB - NB O P O NB -
Publicly Accessible Policy on Data Access for Researchers  NB NB P O P NB P P P NB - P O O NB P O O O P -
Published Policy on Data Use  NB NB O O P NB P - P NB P P O O NB O NB O O O P
Publicly Accessible School/Grade-Level Achievement Growth Model Data (based on individual student growth measures)  O O NB O - NB NB O O O O P NB P NB O O O - NB -
Professional Development/Training 
Data Access and Understanding for LEAs/Districts and Schools  O O P P P P O O NB NB P P O P NB O O NB O NB P
Data Quality Training program for Schools and LEAs  NB NB P P P P O O NB P P P NB P O O O NB P NB P
Using Data to Impact Education for LEAs/Districts and Schools  P O P P P P O O P NB P P P P P O O NB O NB NB
Data System Features 
Business Rules to Identify Invalid Data Entries  P O O P O P O O P P O P O O P O O O O O O
Comprehensive Metadata (with history of code changes and policies affecting data) for SLDS  NB NB P NB NB P P O P NB P P NB P P NB O NB NB NB O
Comprehensive Data Dictionary for SLDS  O O P P P P P O P P P P O P O O O O O O P
Data Audit System: Measuring Data Quality/Validity/Reliability  NB O P P P P P O P NB P P P NB O O O NB O NB O
External Evaluation of Data Availability and Use (from SLDS)  NB O NB NB NB NB - NB NB NB P NB NB NB NB P O - O O -
Functioning Comprehensive Agency-wide Data Management and Governance Policies and Procedures  P O P P P P P O P NB P P P P P O O O O P P
Note: The information provided within the features matrix is self-reported by grantees.

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