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The Virginia Longitudinal Data System is designed to provide Virginia citizens, researchers, and policymakers with a single point of access to educational and workforce training data from multiple, independent sources. The following video provides a brief overview.
 
Funded by the 2009 Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program of the United States Department of Education, the VLDS is comprised of several component technologies that support secure, authorized research addressing today's key educational and workforce training questions. The VLDS is the result of a shared effort by several Virginia government agencies.
 
JUST IN! Virginia Department of Education publishes updated reports using new VLDS tool.

Goals of the SLDS Grant Program 

 
The Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program helps state education agencies develop and implement longitudinal data systems. These systems are intended to enhance the ability of States to efficiently and accurately manage, analyze and use education data, including individual student records, to   
  • improve student learning
  • facilitate research to increase student achievement
  • close achievement gaps

For more information: http://nces.ed.gov/Programs/SLDS/index.asp 

 

Longitudinal Data Systems

According to "The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems" published by the US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, an education longitudinal data system is a data system that

  • collects and maintains detailed, high quality, student- and staff-level data
  • links these data across entities and over time, providing a complete academic and performance history for each student
  • makes these data accessible through reporting and analysis tools