Implementing Statewide Longitudinal Student Data Systems: Lessons from the States. Working Paper #22

Autor/inn/en	Anagnostopoulos, Dorothea; Bali, Valentina A.
Institution	Michigan State University, Education Policy Center
Titel	Implementing Statewide Longitudinal Student Data Systems: Lessons from the States. Working Paper #22
Quelle	(2011), (46 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Accountability; Stakeholders; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; State Departments of Education; Management Information Systems; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Legislation; Capacity Building; Governance; Interprofessional Relationship; State Legislation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Verantwortung; Bundesrecht; Kultusministerium; Managementinformationssystem; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Landesrecht
Abstract	Providing accurate and useful information on student achievement is a rising challenge for state educational agencies. With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001, such challenges have become more pressing. A centerpiece of the educational accountability movement, NCLB has prompted states to improve their reporting on student outcomes. Although not mandated by the law, in recent years states have actively moved to revamp their student data systems (SDS) to better address both federal mandates and inform local stakeholders. Many states now utilize unique statewide student identifiers and seek to collect longitudinal data on students' progress throughout their K-12 educational system and beyond. To date, however, there remains considerable variation across states in quality and comprehensiveness of student data systems. How then can states successfully develop and establish their statewide longitudinal student data systems? This report provides an overview of longitudinal student data systems (LSDS) across the 50 states before focusing on cases of the creation, implementation and expansion of SDS in three states. "Emergent State" has just begun assigning unique student identifiers to state assessment data. "Accelerated State" has rapidly developed and implemented a longitudinal student data system and is moving towards including data warehousing capabilities. "Established State" has a comprehensive K-20 longitudinal student data system that includes a data warehouse. These cases illuminate the challenges and successes that state educational agencies have encountered in their efforts to develop, implement and expand LSDS. The report finds that the state education agencies faced similar challenges in the following areas: (1) building state agency capacity; (2) developing reciprocal and efficient relationships with districts and schools; (3) clarifying governance of the data system and ownership of data; and (4) garnering and sustaining state legislative support. The authors identify the variety of strategies that state education agencies employed to meet these challenges, highlighting those strategies that hold the most promise for the development of comprehensive LSDS. The authors conclude with recommendations for state education agency leaders interested in creating and expanding their states' LSDS. Appended are: (1) What do we know about the Evolution of Longitudinal Student Data Systems?; and (2) State LSDS Rankings. (Contains 3 tables and 2 footnotes. This work was supported in part by funds from the Education Policy Center at Michigan State University. ) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10