Section ID Collection and Reporting

2010-11 and Beyond

A unique identifier defined by the district to differentiate courses offered into distinct sections necessary to associate teachers to students taught. This identifier must be unique within the school for a given collection. The identifier may be alphanumeric up to 25 characters.

A section may be a classroom unit, a project unit, or other group of students associated with a specific time, block, or other period of time. For example, American Literature 205A held during period 1 in room 34 could be 00205AF2010, AmLit205A, 01054AmLitP1R34, 01054010034, or any other identifier deemed appropriate by the district.

USES: Section ID will be used to meet the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and address existing gaps in the state LDS data sets, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will build a new student level data collection and begin accumulating new data the first quarter of 2011 and beyond. The main objectives of this effort will be to address 2 key components referenced in ARRA and specified in the America COMPETES Act, the ability to match teachers with students and capture student-level transcript information, including courses completed.

Last updated on 11/7/2011 4:24:03 PM