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Laird, Elizabeth – Data Quality Campaign, 2008
The momentum behind building high-quality data systems to harvest better information about student, school and district performance has never been stronger. To meet the goal of improving student achievement, policymakers and educators need longitudinal data systems capable of providing timely, valid and relevant data. Although…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Data, Information Systems, Information Utilization
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Fenske, Robert H.; Dillon, Kathryn A.; Porter, John D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1997
Argues that shifts in government policies can produce unintended consequences for needy students and the institutions they attend, and illustrates how campus units can cooperate to examine the impact of these changes through creation of longitudinal databases and data warehousing techniques. Describes the approach used and results of a study at…
Descriptors: College Planning, Databases, Economic Impact, Federal Aid