nebraska’s statewide longitudinal data system (slds) grant dr. dean folkers & matt hastings...
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Nebraska’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Grant
Dr. Dean Folkers & Matt HastingsNebraska Department of EducationESU 2 Principal’s MeetingESU 2 – Fremont, NEMarch 5, 2014
Grant Overview•Title: Nebraska Data Analysis and
Research•Start Date: 07/01/2012•End Date: 06/30/2015•Amount Awarded: $4,361,524•Project Director: Dr. Dean Folkers•Project Manager: Matt Hastings
Grant Overview•Major outcomes:
1. Data Analysis and Reporting Tool (Dashboard)
2. Professional Development for Data Analysis (Data Cadre)
3. NDE Research and Evaluation Operation4. SLDS Sustainability
Goal 1. – Data Dashboard•DART – AKA “Data Dashboard”
▫Adopted the Ed-Fi Solution▫Utilizes Nebraska data to address Nebraska’s… Individual student needs measure student progress, and refine action plans throughout the school
year▫Optional tool for district use
What is a Dashboard?•Rooted in the concepts of business
intelligence (BI)•For our purposes, we introduce the concept
of education intelligence (EI)▫Transform data into knowledge to promote
informed educational decision-making▫4 Steps of the EI Cycle:
Accurate Answers Valuable Insights On-time Information Actionable Conclusions
Demographic
Assessments
At Risk, SPED,
Intervention
Grades, Behavior, Other
Teachers
Single Pane of Glass
Comprehensive Data
Behavioral
Authentication
Administration
Storage
User Experienc
e
State Assessment
s
Authenticatio
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Administratio
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Storage
UserExperienc
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Grades
Authentication
Administration
Storage
User Experienc
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Local Assessments
Authentication
Administration
Storage
UserExperience
SPED
Authenticatio
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Administratio
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Storage
User Experien
ce
Demographic
Authenticatio
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Administratio
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Storage
UserExperien
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OtherUnstructure
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These are real words that will not cause any red squiggly lines in the automatic spell checker programSometimes I say to myself, self what are you doing?
These are real words that will not cause any red squiggly lines in the automatic spell checker programSometimes I say to myself, self what are you doing?
These are real words that will not cause any red squiggly lines in the automatic spell checker programSometimes I say to myself, self what are you doing?
Our Vision: Unlocking the data silos
Unlocking Data SilosIssues/Challenges Proposed Solutions
• Multiple data stores/data warehouses for different purposes
• Systems of record span multiple proprietary systems
• No standard way to access data across systems
• Inconsistencies and latencies in data across systems
• Silos prevent application interoperability
• Provide a more robust end-to-end data infrastructure based upon the Ed-Fi standard
• Unify data from multiple systems of record into a single operational data store
• Support BI and analysis through a robust data warehouse
• Provide open standard (Ed-Fi) API for applications
Dashboard Pilot DistrictsMcCookNeligh-OakdaleOmaha
Ponca South Sioux CityValentine
Bancroft RosalieBoone CentralFairbury
The Ed-Fi CommunityTotal US students49.5M
Total US teachers
3.1M
18.2M (37%) students1.2M (38%) teachersLicense footprint as of Dec 2013
Licensed
In licensing discussions, not included in numbers
Project Plan• Use the Ed-Fi data standard to automatically pull and
integrate data from state and district systems
• Customize the dashboards to reflect Nebraska priorities, policies, assessments, and processes
• Prove the dashboards and implementation process in a set of pilots
Pilot with Select Districts
Develop ETL/ Interfaces
Customize Dashboards
CustomizeWireframes
Ongoing Project Management
StakeholderEngagement
sAnalyze Data
Sources
Unify Data Requirement
s
Scope &Project
Plan
Goal 2. Data Cadre• Collaborative model between NDE, ESUCC, and
local ESUs • Data Cadre development group composed of
▫Eight professional developers from ESUs▫Five NDE Representatives
• Centered around the use of data for continuous school improvement
• Focus on the analysis of data to inform professional development, instructional practices, evaluation processes and school improvement
• Data Literacies
Goal 3. Research & Evaluation
•Develop plan for collaboration with Nebraska stakeholders to answer questions of substantive interest to the education community▫Implement collaboration plan
•Disseminate findings from original research and evaluation projects conducted by NDE
•Methodological research aimed at quantifying and enhancing data quality▫Continuous quality improvement process
Goal 4. Sustainability•Develop data governance plan•Data dictionary aligned with Common
Education Data Standards (CEDS)▫Metadata structures
•Interstate locator:▫eScholar module to find students who
moved out of state▫Partners include: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
South Dakota?
Extra Projects of Interest•P20 Data System
▫High School Feedback Reports•Rule 6 – Data Sharing Nebraska Schools•Continuous Improvement & DRS•Integrating Systems•Early Childhood Professional Record
System•Workforce Data Quality Initiative•Data Conference (April 14-15, 2014)
Questions?•For more information, please go to:
▫http://www.education.ne.gov/DataServices/SLDS_Grant/Index.html