Data Driven Decision-Making in South Dakota: Effective Use of State Data Systems

Autor/in	Armstrong, John
Institution	State Higher Education Executive Officers
Titel	Data Driven Decision-Making in South Dakota: Effective Use of State Data Systems
Quelle	(2016), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Data Collection; Decision Making; Higher Education; Information Utilization; Student Records; College Readiness; Enrollment; Educational Attainment; Academic Degrees; Outcomes of Education; College Graduates; Employment Potential; South Dakota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Data capture; Datensammlung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informationsnutzung; Schülerakte; Einschulung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; South-Dakota
Abstract	Analysis of student-level data to inform policy and promote student success is a core function of executive higher education agencies. Postsecondary data systems have expanded their collection of data elements for use by policymakers, institutional staff, and the general public. The State Higher Education Executive Officers association (SHEEO), as part of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), surveyed state coordinating and governing boards on their collection and use of postsecondary student-level data. Following this, SHEEO identified seven states whose survey responses indicated an exemplary use of data in specific subject areas. In-person interviews were conducted by SHEEO agency staff in seven states selected for follow-up. In 2015, SHEEO visited the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) to discuss the presentation of data to external stakeholders, its unique focus on Native American students, and the relationship between SDBOR leadership and its research staff. Regents Information Systems (RIS) contain unit record information on college readiness, enrollment, completions, degree trends, transfer outcomes, employment outcomes of graduates, and a variety of course level data, among many other data elements. SDBOR has generated an annual Fact Book using the information institutions have submitted to RIS since 1985. In recent years, SDBOR has also generated a series of publicly available dashboards using RIS data and nationally available data sets. Many of South Dakota's responses to SHEEO's survey on data systems referenced the dashboards, which are continually updated to reflect the most recent RIS data. South Dakota is not the only state to publish interactive tools that allow for the general public to drill down into specific student success indicators. However, their dashboards, coupled with the close relationship between research staff and agency leadership, serve as an example to the higher education research community of the value of data transparency. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	State Higher Education Executive Officers. 3035 Center Green Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80301. Tel: 303-541-1600; Fax: 303-541-1639; e-mail: sheeo@sheeo.org; Web site: http://www.sheeo.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01