2. Longitudinal Data System (LDS): Best Practices for Administrators Georgia Educational Technology Conference Nikki Palmore Georgia Department of Education

3. Purpose of LDS Make informed data-driven decisions to improve student learning. Provides districts, schools, and teachers with access to data (Attendance History, Assessments, Enrollment History, Course History) beginning with the 2006-2007 school year. Identify students’ strengths and weaknesses at the school, classroom, and individual student level. Identify reoccurring impediments to student learning.

4. Available Assessments in LDS Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests-Modified (CRCT-M) End-of-Course Tests (EOCT) Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) Georgia High School Writing Test Georgia 8th Grade Writing Test 21st Century Skills Assessment Georgia Alternative Assessment (GAA)

5. Best Practices for District Data Staff Perform a full GTID claim of all active students once a month Auto-upload Student Course Profile (SCP) to automatically refresh overnight  Margaret Samuel (msamuel@doe.k12.ga.us) can help set up this process for your district

6. Types of User Dashboards District Dashboard School Dashboard Teacher Dashboard

7. District Dashboard

8. School Dashboard

9. Historical vs. Operational Dashboard

10. Historical Dashboard

11. Historical Dashboard - Enrollment Hover Feature

12. Withdrawal Click on the “More” button to see more details about the data shown in chart.

13. Chart View

14. Table View Click on the hyperlink to see the names of students.

15. Roster

16. Historical Dashboard - Attendance

17. Historical Dashboard –Assessment (School)

20. Historical Dashboard – Assessment (District )

21. Clicking on the [+] sign will expand a list of schools to choose from.

22. Historical Dashboard – Assessment (District)

23. Roster Click on the hyperlink to access Student Profile Page.

24. Student Profile

29. Historical Dashboard - GHSGT/EOCT Transition Report

30. Operational Dashboard - Assessment

32. Export Feature

33. Print Feature

34. Accessing Teacher Dashboards

35. Click on name of teacher.

36. Teacher Dashboard

37. Help and Training Link Self-Paced Training Modules Click on the link for LDS training information and materials.

38. Contact Information Nikki Palmore Georgia Department of Education Instructional Technology 1966 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Drive, SE Atlanta, GA 30334 404-232-1324 npalmore@doe.k12.ga.us