The second hour of this two-part session was devoted to assisting participants with district-specific questions about the estimates and boundaries updates.

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School District Estimates and Boundary Review: An Overview From the U.S. Census Bureau (Part II) (171 KB)

In the past year, Kansas has gone from no Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN) files submitted to an organized process with regular submissions via Extensible Markup Language (XML).

The EDEN Coordinators from Kansas discussed how they are managing the EDEN project and what internal changes have been implemented as a result of EDEN.

Items that were discussed included: systemic issues that were encountered and addressed; work flow and data flow processes that were initiated; data governance and stewardship programs that were implemented; and plans for the future that will build on successes.

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EDEN Reporting: A Systemic Approach (252 KB)

When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, many families were displaced from Louisiana and Mississippi. Students from those states entered schools in numerous other districts in the country, with a significant percentage of those students enrolled in Florida schools. Participants heard how Florida and Louisiana were able to share information from their data systems across state lines, to track where these students enrolled and to send necessary transcripts, and learned what state education agencies must do to acquire the capacity to share data across states.

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Sharing Data Across States (1.9 MB)

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This presentation provided lessons learned from the implementation of the System of Accountability Information for Nevada. Supported by a 3–year project, this system includes a state data warehouse that integrates student demographics, summative assessment results, enrollment and attendance events, course grades, and discipline data. End-user dashboard reporting and ad-hoc reporting tools are provided to users of the system. The system also supports the automation of accountability and fiscal reporting to help schools, districts, and the State Department meet reporting requirements. Participants were provided with suggestions for the design, development, and implementation of similar state or district systems.

The future of data and its use in driving the 3Ds, Data Driven Decisions, to make informed choices in education were explored. We highlighted how the Ohio Department of Education and Pennsylvania Department of Education is progressing with their longitudinal data systems project to use assessment, curriculum, and other instructional data to inform instruction at the classroom level. We also highlighted what is possible using the Schools Interoperability Framework Implementation Specification now and the expansion of the specifications into the teaching and learning space.

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Innovation in 3D: Data-Driven Decisions (760 KB)

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This presentation reported on a study that utilizes newly available testing and demographic data from all Georgia high school students over the past three years to assess the success of the Georgia Council on Economic Education's workshops by examining the performance of high school students on high stakes end-of-course economics exams. This study is an example of the type of research which can be accomplished using statewide data systems for decisionmaking.

This first half of a two-hour session for hard core data folks focused on navigating the Education Data Exchange Network portal and frequently asked questions on file validation errors. There were opportunities for audience participation and suggestions.

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Navigating the EDEN Portal (Part I) (1.8 MB)