New Colorado Data Systems
COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUMMIT
PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
BETH BEAN
The shifting data paradigm…….
BC – Be Closed
AD – Access to Data
DATA
DATA
Colorado Data Sharing History……
 2006- Interdepartmental Data Protocol (C.R.S. 24
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37.5-705) allows agency data sharing
2008 Senate Bill 08-212, the Preschool to
Postsecondary Alignment Education Act, CDE and
DHE to share student unit level data
Additionally, SB-06-024 and C.R.S. 23-5-127 –
creation and use of SASID
2010 Colorado receives Statewide Longitudinal Data
System (SLDS) grant.
FERPA
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
•National Center for
Education Statistics
(NCES), specifically
Institute of Education
Sciences (IES).
•Grants – four rounds of
ARRA funding
•41 states to date
•Aid state education
agencies to develop and
implement longitudinal
data systems
COLORADO SLDS
oCapture
oLink
oProvide
SLDS Connections
K-12
TO
POST-SECONDARY
POST-SEC ONDARY
TO
WORKFORCE
EDUCATOR
TO
HIGHER ED
ID = SASID
ID = SSN
ID = EDUCATOR ID
Since Fall 2009
(SASID collected in
SURDS)
Since 1988
TO BEGIN …
FALL 2009 Recent HS
Grads (84.5% have a
SASID)
Getting first dataset Dec
2011
Can link educators to
degree in CO
FALL 2010 Recent HS
Grads (85.2% have a
SASID)
Postsecondary Student
23 year old
Hispanic Male
Concurrent
Enrolled in
HS
1110 on SAT
B.A. English
153 hours to
graduate
3.04GPA
2 semesters of
remediation in
Math
Average per
Year $4,623
Financial Aid
Transferred
from
Community
College
K-12 and Postsecondary Link
ESL
600 Science
CSAP Score
11th Grade
ACT
3.44 GPA
College Student
FRL 5 years
Cherry Creek H.S.
K-12 Student
Cherry Creek
Middle School
K-12: Postsecondary: Employed Teacher
School of
Employment
Employment
Duration
Subject
Area
Teaching
Teacher
Salary
College Student
Technical
Assessments
K-12 Student
In-state or outof state prior
experience
The P-20 Future………..
College Student
K-12 Student
Area of
Employment
Salary Data
Employee
Employment
Duration
P-20 Educator Future……………
Teachers’ Student’s
CSAP Scores and all K12 data
K-12 Student Linked
to Specific Teacher
Teacher
College Student
K-12 Student
Data Usage Example- Remediation
“It is clear that if students were not proficient on the
state assessment in the sixth or eighth grade, then
they were very likely to require remediation later
when they entered college”.
Lefly, D., Lovell, C., & O’Brien, J. (2011) Shining a
Light on College Remediation in Colorado:The
Predictive Utility of the ACT for Colorado and the
Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP)
Challenges and Opportunities
 Data Governance
 Technical
Difficulties
 CUPID
 Sustainability
 Improved
business
functions
 Powerful
research
function
 Better Decision
making
 Better Policies
DHE Current and Future Research
 Price Sensitivity
 Educator Preparation and Effectiveness
 Retention and Transfer
 Admissions Policy
 Remedial Education
 FAFSA
 Workforce Linkage
Data Life Cycle………………..
Student
(Data)
State
National
Student
Thank you!
Questions?