Evolution of Data Quality In Nebraska’s SLDS 25th Annual STATS-DC 2012 Data Conference July 12, 2012

Challenges Size Education Service Units Local Control Technology Reactive Nonpublic/State Operated Compliance vs. Research

The Beginning of NSSRS Redundancy in data collection NSSRS pilot NSSRS – collecting 2007 SLDS incorporated Special Education full blown Need for validation – turn the data around

Validation and Verification Data Manager website – Data is submitted through the Data Manager – Includes validations to prevent submission of some invalid values NSSRS Validation website – Errors and Warnings – Verification Reports – Data Lookups

Errors and Warnings COUNTSALLACTIVE TOTAL ERRORS WARNINGS8134 STUDENT STAFF errors and warnings have been retired – Early Data Manager could not prevent invalid values – Data elements retired – Change of method for collecting Staff Data Data can be downloaded to Excel for offline use

Verification Reports VERIFICATION REPORTS STAFF6 STUDENT53 Fall Membership Average Daily Attendance & Average Daily Membership Data elements used in State Aid calculation Some can be returned as Excel spreadsheets

Data Lookups Enrollment Lookup by ID Expected Graduation Year Student Lookup by ID Graduation Cohort Analysis Tool Programs (Homeless, Early Childhood, Career Ed, etc.) Special Education Student Demographics Student Grades Student Attendance Accountability Counts

Training Team Regional Trainers Shared ESUs resources Gathered feedback Advocate for districts

Early Trainings Statewide locations Focused on submission, security, and management Materials Workdays

Name Changes Data center Educational support services Data services Data services and federal programs Data, Research, Evaluation, and Information Technology (DREI)

Reactive to Proactive Anticipate needs Empowering users Development data stewards Prezi

Partnership with ESUs Professional Development Organization Workdays Statewide Professional Development Data and Research Cadre Assist with Evaluation Framework Data Advisory Group

Trainings NSSRS Data Quality  Strategic and Tactical  Nssrs 101  Validation & Verification  Cohort  Grades  Data Reporting Systems  Data Retreats  Data Analysis  Data Visualization  Evaluation Framework

Data Conference 2008 – 2010 Focus on submission/collections Top down Data Quality 2011 – Accountability Counts 2012 – It’s More than Numbers – User focused – District, ESU, and NDE collaborative presentations

From collection to service Question more complex Fine tuned data Elimination of redundancy Replace a number of independent collections Calculations more comparable based on in house calculations

Data Academies Proactive Collaborative and User focused Expansion of current trainings Tracks for different needs Building a learning network Blended learning

Data Steward Summit Data Conference Academy Class Workday Data Academies