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. States should consider how they can support key decision makers while also building out their own capacity by shifting to data product management practices.
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.