The National Center for Education Statistics is pleased to announce the award of FY 2015 Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Grant Program funding to 16 states:

American Samoa
Hawaii
Illinois
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin

The State projects, which focus on data use to inform policy and practice, average $6.5 million in funding. We look forward to working with these States as they develop increased capacity for data use at the State and local levels. We also look forward to sharing lessons learned by these States with the entire SLDS community.

• Grantee map
  Interactive map displaying SLDS grantees
• FAQs on FY15 RFA
  Answers to commonly asked questions about the FY15 grant round
• Request for Applications (FY 2015) (323 KB)
  Newly released Request for FY15 SLDS Applications
• FY15 RFA Webinar Presentation (904 KB)
• SLDS FY15 RFA Webinar Recording (April 8, 2015)
• SLDS FY15 RFA Webinar Recording (May 4, 2015)

More grant information

• State Support Team (SST) Overview (790 KB)
  Description of the SLDS State Support Team and the services provided
Summary of the major services the SST can provide for your state
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the State Support Team (686 KB)
  Answers to commonly asked questions about the SLDS State Support Team
• State Support Team Bios (140 KB)
  Short bios of each SLDS State Support Team member
• Grants by State (308 KB)
  SLDS, WDQI, RTT, and RTT-ELC grants awarded by state
• Personnel Exchange Network
  Information about the SLDS Personnel Exchange Network resource

Request SST support

• Considerations for Collecting New Data Elements
  Covers important steps and considerations when adding and using new SLDS data elements
• Sources and Linking Strategies for Employment Data
  This brief describes common sources of workforce data and processes for linking data across education and workforce programs
• Establishing and Maintaining Effective Project Meetings
  This brief offers guidelines that will help SLDS teams establish and maintain effective meetings
• Monthly Webinars
  Presentations, recordings, and information from past SLDS webinars
• LDS Share
  A place for states to share non-proprietary products related to LDSs

More publications

• Race to the Top (RTT)
  A competitive grant program to encourage and reward States that are implementing significant reforms in the four education areas described in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
• Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC)
  To improve the quality of early learning and development programs and services and close the achievement gap for children with high needs
• Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI)
  Supporting the development of longitudinal administrative databases to link workforce and education data
• Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)
  Developing a common vocabulary for P-20W education data
• National Forum on Education Statistics
  State-District Cooperative that develops data standards and best practice resources
• Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
  One-stop shop on privacy issues related to education data
• Effective Practices Conferences
  Events to facilitate knowledge sharing among the P-20W education data community

SLDS Related Initiatives page