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Tools, Techniques, and Resources for Quality Federal Education Data Reporting
Quansheng Shen, National Center for Education Statistics
The U.S. Department of Education has specific requirements and specifications for the states and jurisdictions in how they collect and report their education data to the Common Core of Data. Therefore, the quality of the data largely depends on the ability of state data reporters to conform to these requirements and specifications. The conformity in turn relies, among other things, on the data reporting tools, techniques, and resources that are used. This presentation discussed (1) some of the data processing tools (2) simple techniques for data processing and preparation and (3) resources that may be used for verifying data.
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Some Tools, Techniques, and Resources for Quality Federal Education Data Reporting  (292 KB)
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Projecting the Demand for Teachers From Your Staffing Data
Peter Prowda, Connecticut State Department of Education
The Connecticut State Department of Education annually collects individually identifiable data on the people serving in the public schools in positions requiring certification. In conjunction with the state's certification file, the data are used to ensure that people are properly certified for the positions they hold and that they meet the highly qualified teacher provisions of No Child Left Behind. These data are also the backbone for periodic studies of the demand for teachers.
This session introduced Connecticut's approach to projecting the demand for teachers. It showed how annual staff files can be manipulated to provide information on the characteristics of teachers entering and leaving the profession and transferring from one position to another, and illustrated how this information can be integrated with enrollment information to produce a projection of the number of teachers needed annually for the next ten years.
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Projecting the Demand for Teachers From Your Staffing Data  (1.6 MB)
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Boston Public Schools' Unique Approach to Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
Maryellen Donahue, Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts
What do school leaders need to know and do to ensure that student data are used effectively to improve instruction? Representatives from Boston Public Schools discussed their unique approach in making student data available to teachers, and showed how measurable improvement has been made in student learning.
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| III–D |
Transition From Transactional to Enterprise Data System Architecture
Baron Rodriguez, Oregon Department of Education
Mojo Nwokoma, Enterprise Data Systems Architecture
Oregon is undergoing a major transition with Student Information System (SIS) data. Now that the student ID systems are maturing, there is a need for thorough analysis and reporting of these data. This presentation focused on Oregon's efforts to move from transactional to enterprise data architecture.
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Transition From Transactional to Enterprise Data System Architecture (986 KB)
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| III–E |
Highly Qualifying Your Teachers
Patti High, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Dean Hupp, Hupp Information Technologies
Oklahoma has implemented a new Highly Qualified Teacher System that completely automates how teachers are highly qualified in Oklahoma. This system has greatly improved the reliability of the data being submitted and, subsequently, the reporting that is based on that data all while reducing the workload for the districts, school sites, and state staff.
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| III–F |
Reporting and Analysis in the Georgia Department of Education
Darryl James, Georgia Department of Education
This presentation showed the Georgia Department of Education's vision for integrating its public and internal reports with its data sources so that users can drill through to the underlying lists of schools, students, and teachers that make up the numerators and denominators within the report calculations. We drilled down to profiles of the individual schools, teachers, and students that are on the lists. The tools for ad hoc analysis, ad hoc query, school comparison, and data dictionary were also demonstrated.
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Reporting and Analysis in the Georgia Department of Education (1.2 MB)
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Technology Asset Management at the LEA and SEA Levels
Leo Brehm, Sharon Public Schools, Massachusetts
Roger Young, Association of School Business Officials International
Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and State Education Agencies (SEAs) are streamlining all aspects of IT asset administration from monitoring and reporting to planning and life cycle costing. This presentation featured the value and implementation of the Information Technology Asset Management System (ITAMDirect) provided by SchoolDude.com at both the school district and state department of education levels. This software solution gathers and reports information about networked hardware and software, manages all computer assets across multiple platforms, tracks software licenses, and enables proactive asset management and maintenance.
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