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Meholick, Sarah; Honey, Rose; LaTurner, Jason – National Center for Education Statistics, 2023
Statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) can enable researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to identify and understand important relationships and trends across the education-to-workforce continuum. A well-developed SLDS can increase state and territory governments' ability to establish more informed and equitable policies, enable agency…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, State Programs, State Policy, Data Collection
Data Quality Campaign, 2014
District and state data systems are constructed to ensure that individuals can access only the data that are appropriate for their role. Still, questions from the public about how these data systems work and how student privacy is protected have been increasing. A recurring concern is the feared existence of a "permanent record"--a…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Student Records, Data Processing, Access to Information
Sabourin, Jennifer; Kosturko, Lucy; FitzGerald, Clare; McQuiggan, Scott – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
While the field of educational data mining (EDM) has generated many innovations for improving educational software and student learning, the mining of student data has recently come under a great deal of scrutiny. Many stakeholder groups, including public officials, media outlets, and parents, have voiced concern over the privacy of student data…
Descriptors: Privacy, Student Records, Data Processing, Data Collection
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Koyama, Jill P. – Journal of Education Policy, 2011
This article ethnographically examines the ways in which No Child Left Behind (NCLB) links local practices to the centralized processing of data through its narrowing of procedures and measurements aimed at accountability. Framed by actor-network theory, it draws upon data consistently collected between June 2005 and October 2008, and then…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Ethnography, Accountability, Data Collection
Ammann, Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2010
For twenty-nine years, Red Clay Consolidated School District has managed data processing in a unique manner. Red Clay participates in the Data Service Center consortium to provide data management and processing services. This consortium is more independent than a department in the district but not as autonomous as an outsourced arrangement. While…
Descriptors: Position Papers, Consortia, Shared Resources and Services, Data Processing
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Jones, Emily M.; Taliaferro, Andrea R.; Elliott, Eloise M.; Bulger, Sean M.; Kristjansson, Alfgeir L.; Neal, William; Allar, Ishonté – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
Increasing rates of childhood obesity has prompted calls for comprehensive approaches to school-based physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of comprehensive school physical activity program (CSPAP) development and related contextual issues within a rural Appalachian county using a Systems Approach. A…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Comprehensive School Health Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities