ERIC Number: ED544711
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Aug
Pages: 8
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Utah Case Study: Building a Student-Level Longitudinal Data System
Kugle, Cherry; Smith, Nancy
Data Quality Campaign
The Data Quality Campaign is a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers to improve the collection, availability and use of high-quality education data and to implement state longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement. The campaign aims to provide tools and resources that will assist state development of quality longitudinal data systems, while also providing a national forum for reducing duplication of effort and promoting greater coordination and consensus among the organizations focusing on improving data quality, access and use. To these ends, four site visits were conducted in the spring of 2006 to state education
agencies (SEAs) to gather information on their experiences in developing statewide longitudinal data systems: Florida, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. This report discusses the following elements relating to Utah's longitudinal data system: (1) History of Development; (2) Implementation Issues; (3) Benefits and Uses of System; (4) Lessons Learned; and (5) Recommendations for Future Development.
Descriptors: Case Studies, State Agencies, Program Effectiveness, Management Information Systems, Program Development, Student Records, Performance Factors, Information Services, Information Management, Information Utilization, Public Education, Formative Evaluation, Databases, Data Collection, Access to Information
Data Quality Campaign. 1250 H Street NW Suite 825, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-393-4372; Fax: 202-393-3930; e-mail: info@dataqualitycampaign.org; Web site: http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Authoring Institution: Data Quality Campaign; National Center for Educational Accountability
Identifiers - Location: Utah
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