1. The Illinois Longitudinal Data Systems
Presented By: Sara Archacki, John Evans, Jason Goldfarb, and Marilyn Marshall

2. Presentation Overview
Illinois Longitudinal Data System
Illinois Higher Education Consortium
Future Plans
Questions

3. Summary of Public Act 096-0107, Senate Bill 1828
Public Act th General Assembly (SB1828)
July 20, 2009 –Effective Date
June 30, 2013 –Full Functionality Target Date
By codifying ILDS, establishes long-term commitment and common vision
Cross sector
Public P-12 education – early childhood education
Public and independent higher education

4. ILDS Legislature –SB1828 Aligned with national initiatives
Data Quality Campaign’s 10 Essential Elements
Required for participation in federal grants
Collaboration with local partners across levels and sectors
Change the culture
Increase access to information and data
Data driven improvements to practice
Research & reports to the General Assembly
Strengthen educational policy in Illinois

6. ILDS – Higher Education

7. Illinois Higher Education Consortium
Voluntary, collaborative effort to maintain higher education data
Establish and administer data collection, storage, and management
Meets requirements of P-20 LDS Act
Non-participating institutions required to submit data to IBHE
IBHE authorized to meet requirements of State or federal government

8. Participating Institutions
Augustana College
Graham Hospital School of Nursing
Lincoln College
Robert Morris University
Aurora University
Greenville College
Loyola University Chicago
Rockford College
Benedictine University
Illinois Community College Board on Behalf of Illinois Community Colleges*
MacMurray College
Roosevelt University
Blackburn College
CEC - Harrington College of Design
Methodist College of Nursing
Rush University
Bradley University
Illinois College
Midstate College
Saint Anthony College of Nursing
Career Education Corporation (CEC)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Millikin University
Saint John’s College
Chicago State University
Illinois State University
Monmouth College
Saint Xavier University
Columbia College Chicago
Illinois Wesleyan University
National University of Health Sciences
Shimer College
Concordia University Chicago
CEC- International of Academy of Design and Technology Chicago
National-Louis University
Southern Illinois University
DePaul University
CEC - International of Academy of Design and Technology Schaumburg
North Central College
Trinity Christian College
DeVry University-Illinois
Judson University
North Park University
Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Dominican University
Kendall College
Northeastern Illinois University
University of Illinois
Eastern Illinois University
Knox College
Northern Illinois University
University of Saint Francis
Elmhurst College
Lake Forest College
Northwestern College
VanderCook College of Music
Eureka College
CEC- Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Chicago
Quincy University
Western Illinois University
Governors State University
Lewis University
Resurrection University
Wheaton College

9. IHEC Governing Structure Governing Board
Manages and directs IHEC
Voting, two each: Community College, Private Institutions, Proprietary Institutions, Public Universities
Non voting: IBHE, ISBE, ICCB, FIICU, ISAC
Annual meeting of participating institutions
Designate institution as IHEC Administrator
Establish annual plan, budget, and schedule
Determine qualifications, hiring of Executive Director
Standing committees – Data Access and Use, Technical, Data Elements, and Report Development

10. IHEC Governing Structure Standing Committees
Data Access and Use Committee
Recommend policies, procedures, and standards for approving or disapproving data sharing authorizations
Data Elements Committee
Recommend the data elements that must be submitted
The schedule for data submissions
The data standards for such submissions

11. IHEC Governing Structure Standing Committees (Cont.)
Technical Advisory Committee
Recommend the configuration of systems, hardware, software, networking, and other technical specifications.
Report Development Committee
Recommend the format and standards for generating reports.

12. Data Collection
Person: Student Identifier, Institution, Demographic, Financial Aid
History: High School, Test Scores, Transfer
Program: Enrollment, Progress, Graduation

13. Illinois Higher Education Consortium Data Submission
For audit or evaluation or education research
To an authorized representative
To an individual or organization to undertake education research
To participating institution where student has enrolled or was previously enrolled

14. Future Plans Data Collections
Fall 2011 – Public Institutions Submit Data
Fall 2011 – ISEG Collection
June 2012 – ILDS populated with public university and community college higher education data
July 2012 – Annual Meeting
June 2013 – ILDS populated with private university higher education data

15. Future Plans (Cont.)
Designate a participating institution as the IHEC Administrator
Slate Standing Committees:
Data Access and Use
Technical
Report Development

16. Questions