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State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)

• Founded in 2001, national, non-profit membership association serving, supporting, and representing U.S. state and territorial directors for educational technology.

• Mission to build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice.

• Forum for:– Advocacy for good policy and practice– Professional learning– Inter-state collaboration– Public-private partnerships

Transforming Data to Information in Service of Learning

K-12 Data Standards and Interoperability

• Better policy/practice and cost-effectiveness decisions

• Empowers schools, teachers, students, and families

• Saves time and money, improves services, increases engagement, more transparency

• Foundational to personalized learning and competency-based innovations

Today’s Presenters

• Christine Fox, SETDA

• Neill Kimrey, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

• Kayla Siler, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

• James Yap, Byram Hills School District, New York

• Richard Culatta, US Department of Education

Transforming Data to Information in Service of Learning

Christine Fox

Director of Educational Leadership and Research

State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)

An Alphabet Soup…

Interoperability Leads to Efficiency & Impact

Report Development Process

• Kick-off at 2012 SETDA Leadership Summit

• Research, drafting

• Prioritizing content and resource tools

• Online collaboration

• External review

Report Contents

• Emerging educational technology ecosystem

• A vision of data in service of learning

• Definitions of terms, with links to video resources, articles, presentations, and reports

• Profiles of select data standards and interoperability initiatives

• Recommendations

Consistent Data Definitions

Consistent Data Definitions: Select Initiative Profiles

• Assessment Interoperability Framework (AIF)

• Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)

• IMS Specifications

• P20W Education Standards Council (PESC)

• SIF Implementation Specifications

Sharing of Information across Systems: Select Initiative Profiles

• Digital Passport

• Ed-Fi Solution

• Experience API (xAPI)

• inBloom

• MyData

• Open Badges Infrastructure

Sharing of Information Across Systems

Search, Alignment, and Discovery of Education Resources

Search, Alignment, and Discovery of Education Resources: Select Initiative Profiles

• Granular Identifiers and Metadata for the Common Core State Standards (GIM-CCSS)

• The Learning Registry

• Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI)

SETDA Recommends

Recommendation #1

Develop a consensus-based, long-term vision and roadmap for interoperability to ensure investments in technology and digital learning are cost effective and meet educator and student needs.

SETDA Recommends

Recommendation #2

Establish an ongoing mechanism to address transparency of privacy and security of student data.

SETDA Recommends

Recommendation #3

Address data standards and interoperability issues with vendors as part of state and district procurement processes for educational technology and digital learning solutions, including for the adoption of free solutions.

Transforming Data to Information in Service of Learning: State Perspective

from North Carolina

Neill Kimrey, Director of Digital Teaching and Learning

Kayla Siler, Policy and Planning Analyst

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Defining Terms

SIS – Student Information System

IIS – Instructional Improvement System− For NC: SIS + IIS = Home Base

RttT – Race to the Top

LMS – Learning Management System

RTI – Response to Intervention− For NC: Responsiveness to Instruction

SLDS – State Longitudinal Data System− For NC: CEDARS – Common Education Data and

Reporting System

State Perspective: North Carolina

1.5 Million Students

100,000+ Educators115 School Districts

2,526 Schools (including 107 Public Charter Schools)

NC Home Base: Putting Data to Use

North Carolina is rolling out Home Base statewide (part of RttTimplementation)

Home Base is a collection of teaching, learning, and leading tools to personalize instruction

Classroom, school, district, and longitudinal data underpins the

tools

NC Home Base: Putting Data to Use

How will “Transforming Data to Information in Service of Learning” make a difference?

­ Provides a primer on data use for state policy makers

­ Assists in providing consistent data definitions and interoperability for state and district use, as functionality is added to Home Base

­ Provides critical information for advocacy, policy, and security in our use of student data

Building the Foundation in NC

Centralized Data Collection

Data Literacy and Data Quality

State Longitudinal Data System

Unique Identifier for Students and Staff

Master Data Management

State Level Guiding Principles

Responsive – driven by challenges in our public schools

Visionary – incorporates the latest advances in tools and capabilities

Trustworthy – provides for privacy and security

Available – allows for access across the state and through multiple media

Robust and Expandable – has the capacity to grow reliably to accommodate changing demands

Collaborative – facilitates sharing of pedagogical knowledge and instructional tools

Current Policy and Next Steps

Digital Competencies – All students preparing to teach demonstrate competencies in using digital and other instructional technologies

Funding for Digital Learning – Transition to funding for digital materials to provide resources that are current, aligned and effective for all learners

Simplify Data Entry Requirements – Streamline data collections and reporting to limit duplicate work at the LEA and school level

Looking at Interoperability from

a District Perspective

James Yap, Director of TechnologyByram Hills Central School District, NY

Located 35 miles from New York City, North Castle has a population of approximately 12,000 in 26 square miles.

• Dr. Bill Donohue, Superintendent• Approximately 2,500 students• Approximately 225 staff members• 4 Schools (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)• The district has 2 national schools of excellence, 82 Intel Science

semifinalists and 18 finalists

Byram Hills Central School District (NY): Context and Demographics

• Response to Intervention (RTI)• Clean data to the state• Network accounts• Connecting other databases with the same fields• Infusing instructional technology into the curriculum

Interoperability: Solving Educational Problems

SIS

Internal Assessments Tools used

RTI Fields

Response to Intervention (RTI) Database

Clean Data to the State

SIS IEP

State

State Rules Engine

Account Creation Data FlowUsing SIF

SQL or ACCESS Interoperability

SIS Download

LMS

RTI

Calling System

APPR

Single Sign On (SSO)

LearningManagement

System

Online Video

Literacy Instructional

Software

Mathematical Software

Time Savings Provided with Interoperability

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No Interoperability Interoperability

Hour Differential with Interoperability On a Daily Basis

Account Creation for LMS

Single sign on for LMS

Synchronizing with Special Ed. System

Clean data for the State

Account Creation For the Network and the Cloud

APPR Database

RTI Database

Calling System

Future Plans

• Moving more to SIF 3.0 and two way agents

• Incorporating more single sign on databases into the system

• Moving more to a cloud-based network

• Collaborating with the state to get more resources targeted

specifically for each student

• Generally getting the right data into the right hands!

Transforming Data to Information in Service of Learning

Richard Culatta

Acting Director, Office of Educational Technology

U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/

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