Jamie Mcquiggan, Armistead W. Sapp

Implement, Improve and Expand Your Statewide Longitudinal Data System (eBook, PDF)

Creating a Culture of Data in Education

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Step-by-step guidance for implementing an effective statewidelongitudinal data system Every U.S. state faces challenges in its efforts to ensure thehighest-quality education for students. To address thesechallenges, a growing number of states are establishing statewidelongitudinal data systems (SLDSs), a data-rich system integratingrelevant data about a student's education. ImplementingStatewide Longitudinal Data Systems for Education presents adetailed and contextualized discussion of SLDSs, which will serveas a recipe for states that want to implement an SLDS, developdesign and enactment of new and existing SLDS systems, addressingimplementation, operation and optimization. * Provides a contextualized discussion of the history and purposeof SLDSs * Describes how to plan for and implement an SLDS, including bestpractices regarding data governance, standards and privacy * Discusses proven methods of data management, and details thetwo most popular methods of database architectures used forSLDSs * Provides 5 case studies of states successfully using SLDSs * Offers suggestions for expansion and inclusion of new datasetsover time This essential book addresses the culture of data concept,providing a guide for states to usher in a new era in theireducation system where data is invaluable and used by everyone, notsimply the newest version of the old system. A robust LDSinitiative includes linked student records, teacher records, testscores, course selection, finances, certifications, licensure,salary and more. Concluding with a discussion of the potentialfuture uses of SLDS, this book is the ultimate guide to SLDSimplementation and understanding.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118841501
• Artikelnr.: 40432604

Autorenporträt

JAMIE McQUIGGAN is a technical writer specializing ineducation topics at SAS Institute Inc. She has a master's degree intechnical communication and experience in software documentation,grant writing and social media strategy. She is a formerinformation developer at IBM and business analyst with FidelityInvestments. ARMISTEAD W. SAPP III is the senior vice president ofResearch and Development at SAS, responsible for the development ofthe software used at more than 65,000 sites in more than 135countries. As head of the P-20 efforts at SAS, he leveragescorporate R&D to bring innovative solutions for administrationand instruction to the education market. This includesresponsibility for SAS® Curriculum Pathways, a no-costWeb-based curriculum for middle and high schools. His 20-plus-yearcareer at SAS has encompassed many roles in marketing and R&D,and he was the president of SouthPeak Interactive (a developer andpublisher of interactive entertainment software). He is also acontract researcher at Duke University Health System, working onneonatal best practices and safety.