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Data Quality through Data Integration: How Integrating Your IDEA Data Will Help Improve Data Quality

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Title: Data Quality through Data Integration: How Integrating Your IDEA Data Will Help Improve Data Quality
Language: English
Authors: Sinani, Sara, Edora, Fr, Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID), Applied Engineering Management Corporation (AEM)
Source: Center for the Integration of IDEA Data. 2018.
Availability: Center for the Integration of IDEA Data. 13880 Dulles Corner Lane Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20171. Te: 703-464-7030; e-mail: ciidta@aemcorp.com; Web site: http://www.ciidta.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 4
Publication Date: 2018
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)
Contract Number: H373M140001
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Databases, Information Systems, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Data Collection, Information Management, Database Management Systems
Geographic Terms: Mississippi
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Abstract: High-quality data is essential when looking at student-level data, including data specifically focused on students with disabilities. For state education agencies (SEAs), it is critical to have a solid foundation for how data is collected and stored to achieve high-quality data. The process of integrating the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) data into a statewide longitudinal data system (SLDS) or other general education data system not only provides SEAs with more complete data, but also helps SEAs improve accuracy of federal reporting, increase the quality of and access to data within and across data systems, and make better informed policy decisions related to students with disabilities. Through the data integration process, including mapping data elements, reviewing data governance processes, and documenting business rules, SEAs will have developed documented processes and policies that result in more integral data that can be used with more confidence. In this brief, the Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID) provides scenarios based on the continuum of data integration by focusing on three specific scenarios along the integration continuum to illustrate how a robust integrated data system improves the quality of data. [The Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID) is one of the centers in the Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network (TA&D Network) funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).]
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: ED605371
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:High-quality data is essential when looking at student-level data, including data specifically focused on students with disabilities. For state education agencies (SEAs), it is critical to have a solid foundation for how data is collected and stored to achieve high-quality data. The process of integrating the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) data into a statewide longitudinal data system (SLDS) or other general education data system not only provides SEAs with more complete data, but also helps SEAs improve accuracy of federal reporting, increase the quality of and access to data within and across data systems, and make better informed policy decisions related to students with disabilities. Through the data integration process, including mapping data elements, reviewing data governance processes, and documenting business rules, SEAs will have developed documented processes and policies that result in more integral data that can be used with more confidence. In this brief, the Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID) provides scenarios based on the continuum of data integration by focusing on three specific scenarios along the integration continuum to illustrate how a robust integrated data system improves the quality of data. [The Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID) is one of the centers in the Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network (TA&D Network) funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).]