Understanding SLEDS Secured Reports in K-12 Data Marts
Explore the purpose and benefits of SLEDS Secured Reports, which provide de-identified individual-level data to local users for customized outcome reporting. Learn about available data products, access approval processes, and how to obtain data from K-12 Data Marts. Discover what you will see in the K-12 Data Mart, including enrollment and graduation data for specific groups of students, demographics, assessments, and more. Gain insights into the power of SLEDS Secured Reports in enhancing educational analyses and research studies.
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An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports: K12 Data Marts Meredith Fergus| Office of Higher Education Megan Peterson| Lakes Country Service Cooperative www.sleds.mn.gov
Agenda Today s Agenda 1. Purpose of secure reports 2. K12 Data Mart 3. Questions February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov 2
SLEDS secured reports provide de-identified individual level data to local users to customize outcome reporting and augment available analyses. Why SLEDS Secured Reports?
What Data are Available? Data Product K-12 Secured Report Postsecondary Secured Report SLEDS Data Request SLEDS.mn.gov (other websites) Who has access? Approved school or district staff Approved college staff Approved users Everyone Data about who? Only students from a specific school or district Only students from a specific college or system Students of interest for a specific research study Students statewide Level of data? De-identified individual Level De-identified individual Level De-identified individual Level or Summary Level Summary Level How is access approved? Complete & Sign the Data Sharing Agreement then request electronic data access through the EDIAM process (Anita Larson) Complete & Sign the Data Sharing Agreement Then request electronic data access through the EDIAM process (Meredith Fergus) Complete the Data Request Application & Sign the Data Sharing Agreement n/a How is data obtained? Log-in to the Secured Reports website & download Log-in to the Secured Reports website & Secured data transfer Via interactive web reports An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov download September 2017 6
What will I see in the K-12 Data Mart? Purpose: Provides individual level college enrollment and graduation data for a specific group of K-12 students Cohort: Dropouts and Graduates based on last academic year of K-12 enrollment What s Included: Demographics, MCAs, AP & IB, ACT, GED, ABE, MCCC, PS Enrollment, PS Completion, and Employment Materials to reference on the Sharepoint site: K-12 data mart fields, K12 data help doc; SLEDS Data Dictionary February 2020 5 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov
Lets go get data! Start from SLEDS.mn.gov/Research or the MDE Home Page and click Research Under Data Access and Use click Instructions to access SLEDS Secured Reports Select K-12 Research Data Mart
Logging In SLEDS is using a newer log-in process. A data sharing agreement is still needed between the user and SLEDS. New features include: Users create their own accounts in the EDIAM system Anita Larson at MDE approves access to all of the districts in the user s Region Access is good for 365 days from the date of approval February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov 7
Types of K12 Data Info about the student s participation in programs (PSEO, ABE) Info about the student Info about the student s academic performance (Tests, Grades) Info about the school Info about the student s graduation or exit from high school Info about the student s exit from high school February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports 8
Common questions 1. K12 Pathways The movement of individual students between K-12 / Higher Education / Workforce How many 2015 graduates enrolled in college? Where did they enroll? How do these rates compare to 2009? By race/ethnicity? By gender? February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports 9
2. Progress The benchmarks or transition points students meet or fail to meet How many graduates enrolled in developmental education? How many graduates enrolling in college make it to the 2nd year of college? The 3rd year? February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports 10
3. Predictors The characteristics, patterns, or commonalities that help explain which students achieve successful outcomes and which do not How many students took the ACT but did not enroll in college? What is the average ACT Score of students not enrolling in college? February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports 11
4. Performance How well are education and workforce aligned for individual success? What question would you ask for your regional partners? February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports 12
Selecting Attributes A help document is available for download. The first set offered include K-12 data points. Post-secondary attributes are next. And, workforce. February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov 13
A Pathway Example An agency wants to understand how many female high school graduates who are proficient on their mathematics MCA go on to earn a STEM-related degree and also enter a STEM-related field of employment. February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov 14
The File Specific variables needed for this exploration. February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov 15
Open Discussion Questions? February 2020 An Introduction to SLEDS Secured Reports | sleds.mn.gov 16
Contact Us SLEDS Coordinators Anita Larson (MDE):anita.larson@state.mn.us Meredith Fergus (OHE): meredith.fergus@state.mn.us Alex Hermida(OHE): alex.hermida@state.mn.us Rachel Vilsack (DEED): rachel.vilsack@state.mn.us
