Transcript Center for Educational Performance and Information Senate

What’s a P20, and why would I
want one?
Center for Educational Performance and Information
(CEPI)
Margaret Merlyn Ropp, Ph.D.
Director
Primary Functions of CEPI
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Collect, manage and report on educational
data about Michigan’s public schools
Current State School Aid Act “The Center shall
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(a) Coordinate the collection of all data required by
state and federal law from all entities receiving
funds under this act.
(b) Collect data in the most efficient manner
possible in order to reduce the administrative
burden on reporting entities.
Driving Forces
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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is
the primary driving force behind
K- 12 longitudinal data collection and
reporting.
In Michigan, the Lt. Governor's
Commission on Higher Education and
Economic Growth is driving the extension
on both ends from pre-K to higher
education and workforce development.
Lt. Governor's Commission on Higher
Education and Economic Growth
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Recommendation:
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Create a functioning lifelong education
tracking system with information from
multiple data sources, including CEPI,
MDLEG, and higher education
Why P-20?
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The economic viability of
Michigan’s future depends upon
how well we educate the workforce of
today and tomorrow.
The question we need to ask is, “how
can we use educational data to make
the decisions and policies to achieve
this goal?”
Why P-20?
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Private and public sources of funding are now
beginning to require recipients to track
longitudinal “results.” That is,
accountability and impact on student
outcomes.
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Private foundations
Draft bill to re-authorize the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act
Both sources are using the Data Quality Campaign’s
“Ten Essential Elements of Longitudinal Data
Systems” as a measuring stick
The Ten Essential Elements –
Where is Michigan?
1. A unique statewide student identifier that
connects student data across key databases
across years (CEPI’s Unique Identification Code
UIC)
2. Student-level enrollment, demographic and
program participation information
3. The ability to match individual students’ test
records from year to year to measure academic
growth
4. Information on untested students and the
reasons they were not tested
5. A teacher identifier system with the ability to
match teachers to students
The Ten Essential Elements –
Where is Michigan?
6. Student-level transcript information, including
information on courses completed and grades
earned
7. Student-level college readiness test scores
8. Student-level graduation and dropout data
9. The ability to match student records
between the P–12 and higher education
systems
10. A state data audit system assessing data
quality, validity and reliability
At the state level, what will it take
to meet the challenge?
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People to manage UICs, collect, analyze
and report longitudinal data that includes
P-20
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Additional CEPI and Department of Information
Technology (DIT) staff to manage
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extending the Unique Identification Code (UIC) to P20 and maintain service
manage potential data collection for P-20
Connect, analyze and report data
At the state level, what will it take
to meet the challenge?
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Tools to manage UICs, collect, analyze and
report longitudinal data that includes P-20
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Ongoing funding support to extend the UIC service
to P-20 partners
Ongoing funding support for the Student Data
System (SDS) to collect data on P-20. The SDS has
been built flexibly to allow expansion to P-20.
Ongoing funding support for business intelligence
tools to produce analytics and dynamic
reporting of longitudinal data for P-20
At the P-20 level, what will it take
to meet the challenge?
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Use the UIC – add it to P-20 local student
information systems
Assign staff members to obtain UICs for new
students and to maintain existing UICs,
including resolution of potential matches
*Optional – work with CEPI to use the SDS to
collect data if needed
*Optional – work with CEPI to obtain
longitudinal analyses and reporting on students
and data
Future Opportunities
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We are building the tools to be
flexible enough to meet the challenge
of connecting P-20 student data.
First steps will be to sit down and ask,
“What questions do you have that
such a system could answer?”
Questions?
Contact [email protected]