1. COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUMMIT PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION BETH BEAN New Colorado Data Systems

2. BC – Be Closed AD – Access to Data The shifting data paradigm……. DATA

3. Colorado Data Sharing History…… 2006- Interdepartmental Data Protocol (C.R.S. 24- 37.5-705) allows agency data sharing 2008 Senate Bill 08-212, the Preschool to Postsecondary Alignment Education Act, CDE and DHE to share student unit level data Additionally, SB-06-024 and C.R.S. 23-5-127 – creation and use of SASID 2010 Colorado receives Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) grant. FERPA

4. Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), specifically Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Grants – four rounds of ARRA funding 41 states to date Aid state education agencies to develop and implement longitudinal data systems

5. COLORADO SLDS o Capture o Link o Provide

6. SLDS Connections K-12 TO POST-SECONDARY TO WORKFORCE EDUCATOR TO HIGHER ED ID = SASIDID = SSNID = EDUCATOR ID Since Fall 2009 (SASID collected in SURDS) Since 1988TO BEGIN … FALL 2009 Recent HS Grads (84.5% have a SASID) FALL 2010 Recent HS Grads (85.2% have a SASID) Getting first dataset Dec 2011 Can link educators to degree in CO

7. Postsecondary Student B.A. English 3.04GPA 2 semesters of remediation in Math Average per Year $4,623 Financial Aid Transferred from Community College 23 year old Hispanic Male 153 hours to graduate 1110 on SAT Concurrent Enrolled in HS

8. K-12 and Postsecondary Link Cherry Creek H.S. College Student K-12 Student 600 Science CSAP Score FRL 5 years 11 th Grade ACT 3.44 GPA ESL Cherry Creek Middle School

9. K-12: Postsecondary: Employed Teacher K-12 Student College Student Teacher School of Employment Employment Duration Salary Subject Area Teaching In-state or out- of state prior experience Technical Assessments

10. The P-20 Future……….. K-12 Student College Student Employee Area of Employment Salary Data Employment Duration

11. P-20 Educator Future…………… K-12 Student College Student Teacher K-12 Student Linked to Specific Teacher Teachers’ Student’s CSAP Scores and all K- 12 data

12. Data Usage Example- Remediation “It is clear that if students were not proficient on the state assessment in the sixth or eighth grade, then they were very likely to require remediation later when they entered college”. Lefly, D., Lovell, C., & O’Brien, J. (2011) Shining a Light on College Remediation in Colorado:The Predictive Utility of the ACT for Colorado and the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP)

13. Challenges and Opportunities Data Governance Technical Difficulties CUPID Sustainability Improved business functions Powerful research function Better Decision making Better Policies

14. DHE Current and Future Research Price Sensitivity Educator Preparation and Effectiveness Retention and Transfer Admissions Policy Remedial Education FAFSA Workforce Linkage

15. Data Life Cycle………………..

16. Thank you! Questions?