Data Quality Campaign Quarterly Issue Meeting: Linking Data Across Agencies: States That Are Making It Work (Washington)

• Type: Quarterly
• When: NOV 12 2009
• Where: Hall of the States, 444 North Capitol Street, Room 233-235, Washington, DC

Description

Every Governor and Chief State School Officer has agreed to build longitudinal data systems that can follow individual students from early learning through secondary and postsecondary education and into the workforce as a condition for receiving State Fiscal Stabilization Funds. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) not only provides states the venture and political capital to build on the growing momentum behind statewide longitudinal data systems, but also offers state agencies the chance to think creatively and break down traditional silos. For policymakers, educators, parents and students to have the information they need to improve student and system performance, state K-12 longitudinal data systems must be able to exchange and use information across the early learning, postsecondary, and workforce sectors as well as health and social services systems.

The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) will host Linking Data Across Agencies: States That Are Making It Work on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 2:30 to 4:30 P.M. (ET) in Washington, DC at the Hall of the States, 444 North Capitol Street, Room 233-235. This meeting will highlight leading states that are successfully linking data across systems and agencies to answer critical policy questions aimed at improving student achievement. A corresponding issue brief co-authored by the DQC and the Forum for Youth Investment will be released at the meeting that captures the current status of states’ ability to link data across agencies and provide several state case studies that capture promising strategies to sharing individual-level data across systems and agencies to improve student achievement.

Confirmed panelists include:

• Janice Gruendel, Education Consultant, Connecticut Department of Education and Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
• Bill Hurwitch, Project Director, Statewide Longitudinal Data System, Maine Department of Education
• Carol Jenner, Education Research & Data Center, Office of Financial Management, State of Washington
• Dane Linn (Moderator), Director Education Division, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices

Registration to attend in person is required by Tuesday November 10, 2009 and strongly encouraged if participating in the interactive webcast. Seating is limited, so please sign up early! A video of this session and corresponding issue brief will be available at the campaign’s Web site after November 16, 2009.

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Instructions for viewing the webcast (for remote attendees):

Prior to the webcast -

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Day of the webcast, November 12, 2009 -

• Log onto the webcast up to 15 minutes before the meeting begins at 2:30 pm (EDT)
• May access the webcast two ways:

  1. Click here.

  2. Go to the Data Quality Campaign’s Web site at www.DataQualityCampaign.org, and click “VIEW WEBCAST” under Upcoming Events.

• Complete the contact information form, and view the webcast
• During the meeting, online participants can submit questions via e-mail in real time that will be given to the moderator and posed to the panel if time allows.

For technical assistance accessing the webcast, please click here .

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For more information, please contact Elizabeth Laird at elizabeth@dataqualitycampaign.org.