June 15, 2023

IES SLDS Grant Considerations: Interoperability and Infrastructure

As state education agencies look to build out their longitudinal data systems (SLDS), interoperability and data linking remain major barriers to effectively acquiring, integrating, and leveraging new data sets that can provide the insights they need to improve education outcomes. The 2023 IES grant program focused on Interoperability and Infrastructure provides states with an opportunity to rethink their SLDS architecture and make infrastructure investments that align with a more modern data pipeline, better able to transform data.

This paper is part of a series drafted in collaboration between Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector, LLC and the Council of Chief State School Officers in the interest of highlighting strategic considerations for state education agencies pursuing 2023 state longitudinal data system grants from the US Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.

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IES SLDS Grant Considerations: College and Career

In order to make important connections between investments in learning and improved living outcomes, it is imperative for statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) to provide better insights on the student journey from K-12 to college and career.

IES SLDS Grant Considerations: State Policy Questions

The 2023 IES grant awards for statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) is an opportunity for state education agencies to build out the ability and capacity for state and district-level users to explore policy questions that will inform their efforts to improve pre-school, K-12 and post-secondary outcomes.

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