Nebraska’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Grant

1. Nebraska’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Grant Dr. Dean Folkers & Matt Hastings Nebraska Department of Education ESU 2 Principal’s Meeting ESU 2 – Fremont, NE March 5, 2014

2. 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

3. Grant Overview • Major outcomes: • Data Analysis and Reporting Tool (Dashboard) • Professional Development for Data Analysis (Data Cadre) • NDE Research and Evaluation Operation • SLDS Sustainability

4. 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

5. 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

6. Our Vision: Unlocking the data silos Demographic State Assessments SPED Behavioral OtherUnstructured Grades Local Assessments User Experience User Experience User Experience These are real words that will not cause any red squiggly lines in the automatic spell checker program Sometimes I say to myself, self what are you doing? User Experience Single Pane of GlassComprehensive Data User Experience User Experience Demographic Assessments At Risk, SPED, Intervention Grades, Behavior, Other Teachers Authentication Administration Storage Authentication Administration Storage Authentication Administration Storage Authentication Administration Storage Authentication Administration Storage Authentication Administration Storage These are real words that will not cause any red squiggly lines in the automatic spell checker program Sometimes 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 program Sometimes I say to myself, self what are you doing?

7. Unlocking Data Silos Issues/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

8. Dashboard Pilot Districts Bancroft Rosalie Boone Central Fairbury McCook Neligh-Oakdale Omaha Ponca South Sioux City Valentine

9. The Ed-Fi Community Total US students 49.5M Total US teachers 3.1M Licensed In licensing discussions, not included in numbers 18.2M (37%) students 1.2M (38%) teachers License footprint as of Dec 2013

10. 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 Scope &Project Plan Pilot with Select Districts Analyze Data Sources Develop ETL/ Interfaces Customize Dashboards Unify Data Requirements Ongoing Project Management CustomizeWireframes StakeholderEngagements

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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?

14. 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)

15. Questions? • For more information, please go to: • http://www.education.ne.gov/DataServices/SLDS_Grant/Index.html