States Successfully Met the SY 2008–09 CSPR Challenge
Bobbi Stettner-Eaton and Jane Clark, U.S. Department of Education

School Year 2008–09 signaled the first year of mandatory data submission through EdFacts. This was also the first year that the U.S. Department of Education maximized the use of EdFacts to provide responses in the Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR). Participants will learn how states planned, submitted timely data to EdFacts, and successfully certified their CSPR. This session will also include a discussion of lessons learned to be applied in the SY 2009–10 CSPR.

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Information Security Management
Jenner Holden, Arizona Department of Education

Protecting sensitive information, including student records, is not accomplished with firewalls and anti-virus software. Mere compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) will not prevent security incidents or data breaches. Information security is not just a technology issue. The Arizona Department of Education has created an Information Security Office for the purpose of developing, enhancing, and implementing strong information security controls throughout the enterprise. We've learned some interesting lessons as we've implemented a formal security governance framework, a complete security awareness program, and security assessment and incident response processes. Come learn how to implement strong security practices and a full security program.

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In 2008, the Dallas Independent School District deployed an integrated business intelligence system that pulls together data from sources within and outside of the district into one data warehouse. Currently, eight dashboards for major stakeholder groups—trustees, district leadership team, learning community leadership team, principals, campus leadership team, teachers, parents and students, and department heads—are operational or in the planning stage. Each dashboard reports information relevant to the designated users in four key areas: achievement, finance, personnel and operations. This session will provide an opportunity to explore the design and implementation process from the developer's and user's perspective.

Making Connections: Linking Education and Workforce Data
Ruben Garcia, Texas Workforce Commission
Leslie Hall and Jay Pfeiffer, MPR Associates, Inc.

Connecting education data to labor market outcomes can allow states to measure the long-term success of education initiatives and ensure they are effectively preparing students to meet the demands of the future economy. This presentation will outline successful strategies state education agencies have employed to exchange data with workforce agencies and use that data to inform educational improvement at all levels. It will describe efforts in ten states with a particular focus on Texas. Common challenges will be addressed, including Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) compliance.

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Linking Early Childhood and K–12 Data: Where, Why, and How
Elizabeth Laird, Data Quality Campaign
Jennifer Stedron, National Conference of State Legislatures

As part of developing state longitudinal data systems that include the data elements in America COMPETES, the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund requirements state that, "a State will need to provide students enrolled in Federally and State-supported early learning programs with a unique identifier that will follow each student through the pre-K–12 system." This session will highlight the power of linking early childhood and K-12 data, the current landscape, and examples of leading states that are maximizing the potential of aligned P–20 data systems.

NC-Trust—North Carolina's Education Goes FIM (Federated Identity Management)
Mike Veckenstedt, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Over 100 school districts, 50 charter schools, 58 community colleges, 21 universities and a number of virtual and non-virtual learning partners and institutions are in the process of building a Federated Identity Management (FIM) System in North Carolina. This federated approach to user-ID management will allow everyone to use their organizational username/password to access systems and data from other organizations within NC-Trust. This presentation will share the concept, architecture, and governance. The presentation will also show some business applications which have been enabled for FIM.

This effort started one year ago with a task force to look at the challenges of teachers, students, parents, administrators, and agency personnel accessing data from other organizations.