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Wisconsin Longitudinal Data System (LDS)
Welcome to Wisconsin’s Longitudinal Data System Information Page!
The goal of our webpage is to ensure that we provide important updates and useful information about the Wisconsin LDS. Please bookmark this page and check back often!
The left navigation bar will guide you to more in-depth information on a variety of LDS subject areas. Please see below for recent updates.
LDS Secure Tools
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Available Tools
The following tools are secure and available through a landing page we call Secure Home:
- Application Security Manager (ASM): Application used by District ASM Administrators and District Application Administrators to manage access to ASM, as well as to the MDAT and SAFE applications.
- MDAT: Analytic tool for comparing student achievement over time utilizing WKCE and other data sources. MDAT Visual
- SAFE: Tool used to enable districts to access secure files. Specifically this tool contains AMAO Reports and Student Growth Percentile Reports. SAFE Visual
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For more information on each tool please visit our Data Access, Analysis & Reporting Tools page.
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National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)
As part of our first P20 initiative within the Longitudinal Data System (LDS) Project, in late 2009 the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction began pursuing opportunities to include data about the college enrollment and completion of our state’s high school graduates. In May of 2010 we secured a two-year state level contract in Wisconsin with the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), a unique organization that is able to provide postsecondary enrollment and degree verification data from over 3,300 postsecondary institutions around the country. The contract provided the opportunity for each district and high school to take advantage of StudentTracker, a service that provides postsecondary enrollment and completion data on high school graduates, at no cost to the district or school. Our goal was to eventually provide the NSC data to districts and schools through a state reporting tool (the Wisconsin Information System for Education dashboard—WISEdash). In the meantime we also wanted to provide districts and schools with the ability to access this information on their own while we worked through the details.
On April 30, 2012 our two-year state-level contract with the National Student Clearinghouse will end. Unfortunately, due to a significant increase in the cost to maintain the statewide contract, we will not be pursuing an extension to our current contract. Instead, DPI will establish a new contract that will allow us to continue to receive a statewide dataset to incorporate into the data warehouse. Our plan is to include the postsecondary data from the NSC into WISEdash sometime after the initial release. However, there will be an interim period between the end of the current contract and when DPI will be able to provide the postsecondary enrollment reports to districts through WISEdash. We encourage you to take full advantage of the remaining time to submit files before the contract ends to obtain postsecondary data from the NSC for use in your district or school. Please contact us through the help desk if you have any questions or concerns.
SDPR Update
Data has been updated in the School District Performance Report (SDPR), the on-line report published by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Specifically, data has been updated for the following:
- 2011-12 Achievement Tests data (WKCE & WAA Combined)
The 2010-11 school year data for the remaining tabs are scheduled to be updated by May 1, 2012.
Introducing WISEmaps!
WISEmaps is a new publicly available tool that is part of DPI’s Wisconsin Information System for Education (WISE). WISEmaps provides a useful and compelling way to visualize education data—on a map! In addition, since the data available comes from WINSS, it has already been redacted to protect the privacy of students.
WISEmaps can be accessed on the web at http://wisemaps.dpi.wi.gov.
For more information on WISEmaps, view the WISEmaps Handout.
WISEdash Update January 2012
Introducing WISEdash! DPI's Data & Reporting dashboard is a component of the Wisconsin Information System for Education (WISE). Progress continues to be made on tasks related to the WISEdash implementation. Additional resources have been added to the project team to assist with specific tasks related to implementation. We are working to determine a new date and should have an updated plan and timeline by the end of the month. DPI plans to roll this tool out to districts and schools this year.
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View the knowledge base, or submit questions, comments, and suggestions about the Wisconsin Information System for Education (WISE) to the 24x7 DPI Online Helpdesk. If you are having trouble accessing the tool or you need additional help, please view Helpdesk Information.
Last updated on 4/18/2012 10:19:55 PM
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