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 096-0107 96 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 CollegeGraham Hospital School of NursingLincoln CollegeRobert Morris University Aurora UniversityGreenville CollegeLoyola University ChicagoRockford College Benedictine University Illinois Community College Board on Behalf of Illinois Community Colleges* MacMurray CollegeRoosevelt University Blackburn CollegeCEC - Harrington College of DesignMethodist College of NursingRush University Bradley UniversityIllinois CollegeMidstate CollegeSaint Anthony College of Nursing Career Education Corporation (CEC)Illinois Institute of TechnologyMillikin UniversitySaint John’s College Chicago State UniversityIllinois State UniversityMonmouth CollegeSaint Xavier University Columbia College ChicagoIllinois Wesleyan University National University of Health Sciences Shimer College Concordia University Chicago CEC- International of Academy of Design and Technology Chicago National-Louis UniversitySouthern Illinois University DePaul University CEC - International of Academy of Design and Technology Schaumburg North Central CollegeTrinity Christian College DeVry University-IllinoisJudson UniversityNorth Park University Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences Dominican UniversityKendall CollegeNortheastern Illinois UniversityUniversity of Illinois Eastern Illinois UniversityKnox CollegeNorthern Illinois UniversityUniversity of Saint Francis Elmhurst CollegeLake Forest CollegeNorthwestern CollegeVanderCook College of Music Eureka College CEC- Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Chicago Quincy UniversityWestern Illinois University Governors State UniversityLewis UniversityResurrection UniversityWheaton 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