STATS-DC

CANCELLED: 8–A: Education to Workforce: A Cross-Agency Partnership Bringing Valuable Information to a Wide Range of Stakeholders in Michigan

This session will describe the unique cross-agency Michigan partnerships and collaboration utilizing multiple data systems to provide outcome results to: * help educators and policy makers align training opportunities to meet employer needs. * provide career path information to all citizens to help make informed training/education choices.

Topic: Other - Data Linking Beyond K-12 & Data Use Through Cross-Agency Partnerships
Complexity: Intermediate Level

8–B: If We Build It, They Will Come? Building the eTranscript Gateway in Iowa

Emily Forrest Cataldi, Iowa Department of Education
Ben Carlson, Iowa State University
Cole Mulligan, Iowa State University
Roger Petersen, Iowa Department of Education

Iowa's eTranscript Gateway will allow high schools in Iowa to send, and Iowa colleges and universities to receive, electronic student transcript data. We will pilot this electronic transcript delivery system - a homegrown system augmenting existing technical systems and leveraging an open education data standard - during the 2021-22 school year. This session will cover the motivations for and barriers to this project, the agency partnerships involved, and the role each group plays in bringing this idea to fruition. It will also cover the challenges we have faced, including addressing grading scale variations and skepticism from prospective participants.

Topic: SLDS
Complexity: Entry Level

8–C: The Data Phases of COVID-19: Claims and Payments and Re-employment, Oh My!

Matt Berry, Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS)
Beth Kelly, Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS)
Jessica Cunningham, Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS)
Scott Secamiglio, Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS)

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need for timely, accurate, and linked data. This presentation will show the start, transition, and current progress of pandemic-related reporting as questions from stakeholders changed over time. Examples include answering questions like "Who is being affected most?" in the County Unemployment Update, "Which groups are receiving continuous unemployment payments?" in the Unemployment Insurance Payments Dashboard, and "What does employment for recent graduates look like compared to before the pandemic?" in the Employment Trends for Spring Credential Earners Dashboard.

Topic: Data Linking Beyond K-12
Complexity: Intermediate Level

8–D: Using School-Level Spending Data for Equitable Decision-Making on ARP Funds

Hannah Jarmolowski, Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University
Teresa Lance, School District U-46
Christopher May, Michigan Department of Education
Jessica Swanson, Edunomics Lab

Districts are receiving an unprecedented over $110 billion as part of the American Rescue Plan. However, these funds come with a new "Maintenance of Equity" requirement, meaning states and districts cannot disproportionately cut per-pupil dollars at the most economically disadvantaged districts and schools. This session will explore how states and districts can use ESSA-required school-by-school spending data—figures states began publishing for FY2019 but largely have not yet utilized for equity and productivity conversations—to track Maintenance of Equity as well as the success of relief fund investments across schools.

Topic: Fiscal Data
Complexity: Intermediate Level

8–E: Restraint and Seclusion Definitions for the CRDC

Monique Dixon, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
Stephanie Miller, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) introduced the collection and reporting of restraint and seclusion data in the 2009–10 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC).  Since the 2009–10 CRDC, participants have been required to collect and report counts of students mechanically restrained, physically restrained, and secluded, and counts of incidents of students mechanically restrained, physically restrained, and secluded.  The mechanical restraint, physical restraint, and seclusion definitions that OCR has used since the 2009–10 CRDC are based on definitions in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations, available at 42 C.F.R § 482.13(e)(1)(i)-(ii), and comments received from the public for the 2009–10 CRDC Information Collection Request.  At this session, roundtable participants will consider the current definitions and provide feedback to OCR staff that will inform the next CRDC collection.

Topic: Data Collection
Complexity: Entry Level