@EdDataCampaign Mining the Data: What States Have and Where to Find It February 7, 2012 Elizabeth Laird Director, Communications and External Affairs Data Quality Campaign

@EdDataCampaign The Current Education Landscape… Effective data use Increasing expectations Decreasing resources

@EdDataCampaign Connecting Education Data and Decisions Increasing Teacher Effectiveness o Do my state’s policies ensure a measurably effective educator workforce? o With which students am I consistently most effective? Ensuring College and Career Readiness o Are my state’s policies and data systems aligned to ensure that expectations in P–12 support student success in postsecondary education? o Which courses should I take to ensure that I am prepared to take credit-bearing courses in college?

@EdDataCampaign Data Defined: Moving Beyond Test Scores The most useful data are: »Longitudinal — follow individual students over time. »Actionable — timely, user friendly and meaningful to users. »Contextual — robust, comparable and presented as part of a bigger picture. »Interoperable — matched, linked and shared across systems and sectors.

@EdDataCampaign About Data for Action: DQC’s State Analysis »Tracks states’ progress toward transforming education into a data-driven enterprise »Spurs dialogue in states and informs their planning efforts »Led by the governor’s office »2011 marks the seventh annual release of DQC’s state analysis, and the final year for assessing states’ progress toward the 10 Essential Elements For state-by-state analysis and to view the state respondents, please visit:

@EdDataCampaign Data for Action 2011: State Respondents

@EdDataCampaign 10 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS of Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems 1.A unique statewide student identifier. 2.Student-level enrollment, demographic and program participation information. 3.The ability to match individual students’ test records from year to year to measure academic growth. 4.Information on untested students. 5.A teacher identifier system with the ability to match teachers to students. 6.Student-level transcript information, including information on courses completed and grades earned. 7.Student-level college readiness test scores. 8.Student-level graduation and dropout data. 9.The ability to match student records between the P–12 and postsecondary systems. 10.A state data audit system assessing data quality, validity and reliability.

@EdDataCampaign Every State Has Capacity to Empower Education Stakeholders with Data 36 states have all 10 Elements, up from zero in 2005

@EdDataCampaign Student-Level Test Data to Measure Growth (Element 3=52 states)

@EdDataCampaign Statewide Teacher Identifier with a Teacher- Student Match (Element 5=44 states)

@EdDataCampaign Student-Level Course Completion (Transcript) Data (Element 6=41 states)

@EdDataCampaign Student-Level SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement Exam Data (Element 7=50 states)

@EdDataCampaign Student-Level Graduation and Dropout Data (Element 8=52 states)

@EdDataCampaign Majority of States Collect High School Grades (based on Data for Action 2010) Element 2: Student Course Completion Data

@EdDataCampaign States Have Made Incredible Progress »Better Data: Every state has robust longitudinal data that extend beyond test scores. »Improved Access: States are increasingly providing better data to appropriate stakeholders. »Increased Awareness: States are making this increased capacity known. »Long-term Sustainability: States are planning for the future. Every state has the capacity to empower education stakeholders with data.

@EdDataCampaign Moving from the 10 Essential Elements to 10 State Actions to Support Effective Data Use Link data systems across P-20 and the workforce to answer key questions Ensure that appropriate data can be accessed while protecting privacy Build capacity of all stakeholders to use longitudinal data 1.Link state K-12 data systems with early learning, postsecondary, workforce, and others 2.Create sustainable support for the longitudinal data system (LDS) 3.Develop governance structures to guide LDS 4.Build state data repositories 5.Provide timely role-based access to data 6.Create progress reports with student-level data for educators, students, and parents to make individual decisions 7.Create reports with longitudinal statistics to guide change at system level 8.Develop a research agenda 9.Implement policies to ensure educators know how to use data appropriately 10.Raise awareness to ensure all key stakeholders know how to access and use data

@EdDataCampaign States Have Not Taken Action to Support Effective Data Use No state has all 10 Actions 10 State Actions 1.Link P-20/W Data Systems (11 states) 2.Create stable, sustained support (27) 3.Develop governance structures (36) 4.Build data repositories (44) 5.Provide timely data access (2) 6.Create individual student progress reports (29) 7.Create longitudinal reports (36) 8.Develop research agenda (31) 9.Build educator capacity (3) 10.Raise awareness of available data (23)

@EdDataCampaign Data for Action 2011: Game-Changing Priorities 1.IDENTIFY, through broad-based input, and publicly document the state’s critical policy questions. 2.ESTABLISH decision-making authority of state P–20/W data governance bodies. 3.SHARE data on teachers’ impact on student achievement with the institutions that prepared them. 4.DETERMINE whether existing high school feedback reports meet local needs.

@EdDataCampaign High School Feedback Reports: Providing Postsecondary Feedback to High Schools 49 states have the capacity to match student- level records in K-12 and public higher education systems 38 states annually match and share student-level K-12 and postsecondary records 39 states provide high school feedback reports 33 states make those reports publicly available on a state website

@EdDataCampaign Type of Information in HS Feedback Reports Of the 33 states that have made their high school feedback reports publicly available: »33 states include college enrollment information »28 states include remediation information »14 states include degree completion information »12 states include information about students who attended postsecondary in other state

@EdDataCampaign State Example: Kentucky Source: Kentucky High School Feedback Reports (2004)Kentucky High School Feedback Reports (2004)

@EdDataCampaign Continue the Conversation… »Does your state collect the necessary student- level data to answer your questions? »Does your state link student-level K-12 and postsecondary data? »Does your state produce high school feedback reports? »Are these reports publicly available? »Does your state have a formalized process through which you can submit information requests? Visit to find out. Visit to find out.

@EdDataCampaign Contact DQC Elizabeth Laird Director, Communications and External Affairs, DQC (202) Our work is made possible by philanthropic grants and contributions from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the Lumina Foundation for Education, AT&T, and the Birth to Five Policy Alliance. Additional support has been provided by The Broad Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Casey Family Programs.