1. South Carolina Statewide Longitudinal Data System Project
What Does the Netflix® Model Have To Do With Teaching?
South Carolina Longitudinal Information Center for Education
SLICE 1

2. Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS)
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Easy to use!
Makes recommendations.
Uses history, information, data to help make recommendations.

3. Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS)
The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has been awarded an SLDS grant in 2010 to help the state’s educators
improve student achievement,
teacher performance, and
school quality.
This grant provides American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for expanding a statewide longitudinal data system to support instruction and learning across the pre-kindergarten to postsecondary education spectrum.

4. Preschool through grade 12 education and postsecondary education
Federal requirements for an effective SLDS include 12 data system elements identified in the America COMPETES Act:
Preschool through grade 12 education and postsecondary education
A unique statewide student identifier that does not permit a student to be individually identified by users of the system;
Student-level enrollment, demographic, and program participation information;
Student-level information about the points at which students exit, transfer in, transfer out, drop out, or complete P-16 education programs;
The capacity to communicate with higher education data systems; and
A State data audit system assessing data quality, validity, and reliability.

5. Preschool through grade 12 education
Federal requirements for an effective SLDS include 12 data system elements identified in the America COMPETES Act:
Preschool through grade 12 education
Yearly test records of individual students with respect to assessments under NCLB/ESEA;
Information on students not tested by grade and subject;
A teacher identifier system with the ability to match teachers to students;
Student-level transcript information, including information on courses completed and grades earned; and
Student-level college readiness test scores.
Information regarding the extent to which students transition successfully from secondary school to postsecondary education, including whether students enroll in remedial coursework; and
Other information determined necessary to address alignment and adequate preparation for success in postsecondary education.

6. America COMPETES Act Elements to Capture in the 2009 SLDS Grant:
America COMPETES Act data elements not yet satisfied by South Carolina :
Information regarding the extent to which students transition successfully from secondary school to postsecondary education, including whether students enroll in remedial coursework; and
Other information determined necessary to address alignment and adequate preparation for success in postsecondary education.
Elements 11 and 12 will be satisfied upon completion of Outcomes #2 and #3 of the SLDS grant.

7. Statewide Longitudinal Data System Project Outcomes
OC1 Establish data governance structures;
OC2 Incorporate P-20 data;
OC3 Expand interfaces to the SLDS;
OC4 Integrate educator data (DEQL);
OC5 Implement data quality controls;
OC6 Integrate assessment data;
OC7 Implement a unique program identification numbering system;
OC8 Implement a statewide curriculum management system (CMS and Recommender System);
OC9 Implement a unique educator identifier; and
OC10 Provide accessible training for all stakeholder groups.

8. OC1 Data Governance
Establish a data governance structure to create and implement policies, regulations and data sharing agreements
Develop a data governance manual that provides guidelines for policy, stakeholder and application level data governance.
SLDS Data Governance Manual

9. South Carolina Data Governance
Policy
Data Governance
Policies,
Laws, Budgets
Stakeholder
Data Governance
Data integration, data de-identification, advocacy for policy change and reform
Application
Data Governance
Data stewardship, rules definition and maintenance, application policy, procedure and reporting, system infrastructure and security

10. Policy Level Data Governance

11. Stakeholder Level Data Governance

12. OC2 P-20 Data
Student data from Pre-K through college and into the workforce
Share whether the student is enrolled in remedial coursework
Share data to show success in postsecondary education
Link Educator Identifier to Higher Education
Engage National Student Clearinghouse
Exchange student data with Department of Employment and Workforce
Reports for the military
Provide Unique ID for Pre-K children not yet entered into the school system
Identify/Track at-risk indicators for Pre-K children

13. OC3 Expand Interfaces to SLDS
SLICE, the South Carolina Longitudinal Information Center for Education electronic data warehouse
Initially developed with the 2006 SLDS grant
Completed platform enhancements first phase of SLDS 2009
From single server to an eleven server farm
Software upgraded from SharePoint 2007 to 2010
Data converted from SASI to PowerSchool
Enhancement to move users from Novell eDirectory to Windows Active Directory

14. SLICE Server Farm

15. OC3 Expand Interfaces to SLDS
Integrate SLICE with Higher Ed
Integrate SLICE with Early Childhood
Integrate SLICE with Common Core Standards
Integrate SLICE with Office of Research and Statistics – multiple agency databases

16. SLDS Connectivity Diagram

17. OC4 Integrate Educator Data (DEQL)
Integrate data from the Educator Quality and Leadership database with the SLICE data warehouse
Critical link to Educator ID OC9
DEQL Data Sources to be analyzed
Certification (HE)
Issue – should Highly Qualified be included?
ADEPT – Assisting Developing Evaluating Performance of Teachers (HE)
Principal ADEPP
School Leadership Professional Development
Mentoring

18. OC5 Implement Data Quality Controls
Implement front-end edits in the current student information system (SIS)
Implement data quality within SIS, PowerSchool
Validate data entries are complete, correct and meaningful for analyses
Include error-trapping for essential data elements
Develop data quality standards for sharing data across agencies and disparate databases
Provide data quality training for IT staff and data clerks in all districts

19. OC6 Integrate Assessment Data
Implement an Assessment Management solution
Sources other than the statewide K–12 assessment management system
Include data to facilitate teacher planning and foster differentiated instruction
Implement statewide
Provide a statewide summary view (all offices/districts)
Provide through a statewide bid request for the Enrich Assess solution (formerly Testview)

20. OC7 Implement a Unique Program ID
Program ID solution that ties programs to educators and students
Educator assessment of student progress
Implement using similar model to the current course coding (activity coding system)
Code comprised of state and local district components
Unique Program ID White Paper

21. OC9 Implement Unique Educator Identifier
Implement an Educator ID solution that ties together data between the educator, student, courses and programs.
Link teachers to student performance
Identify teacher-of-record in all courses for each student;
Inform education decisions, instructional strategies, and staff development needs;
Determine teacher effectiveness/impact on student performance
Unique Educator ID White Paper

22. OC8 Implement a Statewide Curriculum Management System (CMS)
Inform teachers regarding students within their classrooms
Standards and objectives mastered/not mastered
Results from state assessments/diagnostic tests
Successful instructional activities/resources utilized
Identify students with similar characteristics
Identify other teachers statewide who have had success
Improve student performance
Inform teachers of specific student needs
Recommend instructional programs and teacher interventions

23. Academic Resources Concept Screen
Educator Role/Interface Logout
You are logged in as: Sallie Ann Jones
April 15, 2010
YOUR OPTIONS
PowerSchool
CMS >>
Your Lesson Plans
Your Curriculum
Your ePortfolio
Your Credential
Other Resources
For Jonathan
Academic Status >>
Alerts
Health
Grades
Attendance
Discipline
Test Data
eIGP
Query Data
Student SLICE
Student: Jonathan Alan Wallington ID: A3492K Grade: 5
Parent/Guardian: Edward J. Wallington Phone:
123 Nice Wooded Place Cell:
Columbia, SC Emergency:
ACADEMIC PROGRESS
For objectives you recently assessed or that are in your current
lesson planning folder,
Jonathan Alan Wallington has successfully completed:
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Jonathan Alan Wallington has not successfully completed:
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At Risk N
Details
ACADEMIC RESOURCES
Students like Jonathan Alan Wallington were successful in using
the following resources in the areas shown above:
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The following teachers have had success in helping students like
Jonathan Alan Wallington:
Margaret Wilson
James Eiger
YOUR SIMILAR STUDENTS
The following students in YOUR classes
are currently like Jonathan Alan
Wallington:
Kendra Marie Elderby
Sandra Jane Fisher
Martin James Harris
Laron Willis Nations
ACADEMIC GROWTH
The following chart indicates the current academic growth based on anticipated/expected growth for
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ELA
Math
Science
Soc Studies
Palmetto Trace Elementary School
Recommender System
The information in Academic Resources and Your Similar Students is part of the ANALYSIS of data – which in our “Netflix model” is part of the infrastructure – part of what the data system provides to the end user/educator. Based on longitudinal analyses of previous years’ assessment results and relating those results to previous STUDENTS LIKE JONATHAN and to the ACADEMIC STANDARDS, the SLDS can recommend learning resources that have worked with students like Jonathan in the past. The system can also identify teachers whose students like Jonathan have done well with regard to the given academic standards – including contact information so that collaboration can be facilitated. The system will also identify other students like Jonathan in the teacher’s class so group learning activities might be planned. Given this information in this format, teachers and other educators can go straight to work with students instead of spending so much time doing analysis of the data before being able to go to work.
Students like Jonathan were successful using the following resources in the areas shown…

24. Student Potential Performance Snapshot

25. OC10 Provide Accessible Training
Implement a training program for all stakeholder groups
Addresses all outcomes of SLDS
Addresses the Seven A’s - Acquisition, Access, Analysis, Application, Assessment, Action, Advancement
Implement a training solution that utilizes SharePoint

26. Making Data Useable and Useful
The Seven A’s:
Making Data Useable and Useful {
Advancement
Assessment
Application
Analysis
Access
Awareness
Acquisition
Information
Most Work }
The Seven A’s show the flow of the data though the education reform process. The first three are INFRASTRUCTURE and should be provided as part of the data system. ANALYSIS is where the hard work takes place – this is what teachers and leaders have to spend a lot of time doing with the data in order to inform their decisions for each student. The last three involve DOING SOMETHING with the information from the analyses. Those create new data that must be captured/acquired by the system and added to the data available for more analysis. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE *ANALYSIS* PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE – so educators can go straight to work instead of having to do so much work in the analysis stage. If the system can do the analyses and provide the necessary information, then educators can go to work with students instead of doing data.
Infrastructure

27. The Big Picture (The SLDS Sandwich)
Data Governance:
Policies and Security
Unique ID Systems
Instructional Programs
SIS:
Students
Teachers
Courses
Classes
Behavior
Grades
More
Educator Data:
Teachers
Evaluations
Credentials
Schedules
Staff Development
SLDS:
Common Data Standards
Data and Queries
Unique Student ID
Unique Educator ID
Unique Program ID
SIS
Assessments
De-Identified Indices
Higher Education:
Student Readiness
Teacher Preparation
Reporting
Research
Curriculum Management System:
Curriculum Content
Standards
Assessments
Statewide Longitudinal Data System
The SLDS “sandwich” with data governance and training sandwiching the major data components and access. The SIS (student information system), the curriculum management system, and the assessment management system (Testview) are the key internal data sources. Educator data, higher ed data, and workforce data are the key external data sources. Unique ID systems and the instructional programs add value to and help link the major data sets. Interfaces (portals) to the data provides specific access and rights to the major stakeholders.
Workforce Agencies:
Student Readiness
Business Partners
Armed Forces
Reporting
Research
Assessment Management System:
Assessment Results
Links to Other Student Data
Academic Plans
Public Interface
Parent and Student Interface
Research and Policy Interface
Educator Interface
Training and Technical Assistance (The Seven A’s):
Acquisition, Access, Analysis, Application, Assessment, Action, and Advancement

28. Program Effectiveness Educator Effectiveness
Unique Student ID
Unique Educator ID
Unique Program ID
SIS
Student Information System
Common Core Standards
SC Curriculum Stds
S3 Curriculum
A5 Curriculum
Local Curriculum
Other Curriculum
Other Standards
At-Risk Factors
AMS
Assessment Management System
CMS
Curriculum Management System
PASS/PACT
HSAP
EOCEP
SAT/ACT
MAP/Formatives
Local
Common Core
Instructional Materials and Resources
Effective Schools
Instructional Planning
Lesson Planning
CMS (the curriculum management system) is the heart and soul of the SLDS. Above the horizontal center are the “inputs” – data that are part of the system informing the CMS about patterns and performance. Below the horizontal center are the “outputs” – information that can be used by teachers and other educators to guide instruction and learning, including assessments of learning that lead to measures of student performance – which are then related to program effectiveness and educator effectiveness. Educators access all the SLDS data through CMS.
Learning Activities
Learning Assessments
Program Effectiveness
Student Performance
Educator Effectiveness
Educators
Green=Educator Distribution Blue=Standards/Assessments
Yellow=Turn Around Schools Red=Data Systems

29. Data to Support Reform Data Systems Support All Areas of Reform
South Carolina’s
Longitudinal Education Data System to Support Education Reform Efforts
Effective Teachers and Leaders ◘
Rigorous Standards and Assessments
Action
Shared Data
Action
Specific Information
Specific Information
Data Common to All
Shared Data
Shared Data ◘ ◘
If the data systems do the analytics for the educational decision-makers, those decision-makers can ge more done directly with the students. In effect, specific educational programs can be targeted directly to student needs. That means that students have the “opportunity” to learn exactly what they need rather than having just the “possibility” of learning it from a broader presentation of resources. In addition to being more effective in creating learning, the opportunities will be more efficient and will result in more time for students to learn more things during a school year. Thus, students can gain more in a year than a year’s worth of learning. Data systems must integrate all the efforts at reform, inform instruction and learning, and make the entire process more effective and efficient. Everyone wins if those efforts are successful.
Specific Information
Data Systems to Support Instruction and Learning (SLDS)
Action
Turning Around Struggling Schools
◘ = Collaboration
Data Systems Support All Areas of Reform

30. Tom Olson Information Technology Manager tolson@ed.sc.gov 803-734-8174
Deb Huggins
SLDS Project Director
Donna Moran
SLICE Project Manager
South Carolina SLDS Webpage