There is confusion on this point because Race to the Top, the big federal grant program launched in 2009, incentivized and funded both the adoption of national standards and the creation
of statewide longitudinal data systems that track individual students from kindergarten through postsecondary education.
As such, the authors recommend that states continue to
develop statewide longitudinal data systems that link K - 12 to higher education and workforce data, and that they should be incentivized or even required to report data with geographic indicators.
Among the Department of Education's criteria were
statewide longitudinal data systems, evaluation of teacher and principal performance, strategies for improving low - performing schools and the removal of state caps on charter schools.
In Florida, some of the most important achievement gap areas are: 62 % of all dropouts are male, 22 % are black and 29 % are Hispanic, U.S. Department of Education, 2009 EdFacts Floridians can be sure of the fact that
our statewide longitudinal data system has all four elements needed to calculate 4 - year graduation rates with a regular diploma.
Alabama has filed an application for federal grant money from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) to establish
a statewide longitudinal data system (SLDS), but won't learn the results of their application until some time in September.
The Smarter Balanced Assessment program and
the Statewide Longitudinal Data System must be stopped immediately.
«Coinciding with the movement for more and better data, federal lawmakers established
the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) grant program (part of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002) to help states design, develop, and implement longitudinal data systems.»
In 2005 DQC identified the 10 Essential Elements of
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems, and began measuring states» progress toward implementing them.
Statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) offer states a potentially powerful tool to observe trends, assess needs, and develop and refine policies that can promote college and career readiness initiatives aligned with the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Representatives from the National Forum on Education Statistics, the Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) network, and
the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Program have joined efforts to provide...
The Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems State Support Team invites you to join them on Monday, December 18 at 1:00 pm ET for a webinar entitled Student data in times of crisis: Collecting and managing data of displaced students in light of the severe impacts of recent weather events.
Maryland: Establishing Partnerships to Build Data Use Capacity This 2016 State Spotlight describes the partnership between the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education to build
a statewide longitudinal data system with linkages across early intervention, early childhood special... Read more
The Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Technical Assistance Program.
The DQC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, national advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, leads a partnership of nearly 100 organizations that supports state policymakers and other key leaders to promote the development and effective use of
statewide longitudinal data systems that link early childhood, K — 12, postsecondary, and workforce data.