In 2007 the state legislature authorized the formation of a Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Committee under the leadership of the Chief Information Officer of the Information Technology Department. House Bill 1021 revised North Dakota Century Code 15.1-02-18 to establish this committee and identified membership to include representation from the Information Technology Department, Department of Career and Technical Education, Job Service North Dakota, Department of Commerce, the Department of Human Services, the Board of Higher Education, and the Department of Public Instruction, and one person appointed by the governor. Currently, representatives from the North Dakota Council of Education Leaders, the Workforce Development Council, the North Dakota Senate and the North Dakota House of Representatives are also on the committee.
Current members of the SLDS Committee include representatives from:
Information Technology Department
Department of Career and Technical Education
Department of Commerce
Department of Human Services
Department of Public Instruction
Job Service North Dakota
North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders
North Dakota Governor's Office
The Workforce Development Council
North Dakota House of Representatives
North Dakota Senate
North Dakota University System
No personally-identifiable data will be public, in compliance with all state and federal laws. Access to private data is strictly controlled in compliance with FERPA Guidelines. FERPA is The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) and is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
Governor’s Commission on Education Improvement:
Recommendations to build a State Longitudinal Data System comprised of K-12 student information, higher education and Job Service which would produce a comprehensive picture of the effectiveness of state education programs and workforce development initiatives
Mandated the following K12:
ND State Scholarship and graduation requirements
ACT for all 11th grade or WorkKeys
Interim assessment (MAP at 90%) grades 2-10 aligned with state standards
Career interest inventory that accompany the PLAN or Pre-SAT
Funded Pearson PowerSchool statewide for all public school districts
Department of Commerce Workforce Development
In 2007 introduced an SLDS system as a means of responding to ND growing workforce demand with the following goals:
Identify what workforce exists
Where it is located
Identify gaps in existing workforce
Identify methods to fill these gaps
Develop a method to disseminate to all partners and stakeholders qualitative and quantitative workforce intelligence
State Fiscal Stabilization Funds (ARRA) Phase II
2009 America Recovery and Reinvestment Act
State Fiscal Stabilization Funds accepted by the state require the building of educational outcome and workforce longitudinal systems (K12, Pre-K, Higher Ed, Workforce linkages) :
Publicaly report
High school graduates enrolling in postsecondary within 16 months
High school graduate receiving 1 year of college credit within 2 years of PS enrollment
Information on graduates requiring remediation