1. External Data Usage in Florida
Jonathan Blakely, M.S.
Florida Department of Education

2. Overview of Data Systems
PK-20 Education Data Warehouse
Created in 2003
27 Data Sources into One System
Availability from 1995 forward
Primary Areas
PK-12 Staff and Student Information
Career and Adult Education (Workforce Information)
State Colleges (Community Colleges)
State Universities

3. Data Systems (cont.) External sources for College Board data
College Board (directly)
Annual data extracts
Fall release of SAT/AP
Data sharing agreement
State Colleges and Universities
Application information
Florida Bright Futures
Scores used for eligibility determinations
Repository
SAT and ACT scores

4. Research, Evaluation, and Reporting
External Research Requests
Three submission periods
Anonymous student-level data provided
Entire PK-20 spectrum available
Other External Research Requests
Florida Legislature
Governor of Florida
State Board of Education
Other requests (research institutes, media groups, etc.)

5. Research, Evaluation, and Reporting (cont.)

6. Research, Evaluation, and Reporting (cont.)
Internal Research
Concordance studies
SAT, ACT, CPT, and more
PK-20 pipeline topics
Credit-by-exam study
College “readiness”
Multiple ad-hoc requests
Evaluation and Reporting
High school feedback report
Participation and performance reports

8. Accountability High School Grades
A-F system based on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)
Changed in
50% still based on FCAT, remaining 50% based on non-FCAT components.
Inclusion of graduation rate
Inclusion of accelerated coursework and measures of postsecondary readiness
Growth or decline in the measures affects points awarded.

9. Accountability (cont.)
Standard Setting Process
Concordance for End-of-Course assessments
Changing cut-scores of FCAT
Impact on accountability processes
Future processes
Continued work on college “readiness” measures
New assessments and setting benchmarks