THE ILLINOIS LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEMSPresented By: Sara Archacki, John Evans, Jason Goldfarb, and Marilyn Marshall

Presentation Overview Illinois Longitudinal Data System Illinois Higher Education Consortium Future Plans Questions

Summary of Public Act 096-0107, Senate Bill 1828

• Public Act 096-0107 96th General Assembly (SB1828)

• July 20, 2009 –Effective Date• June 30, 2013 –Full Functionality Target Date• By codifying ILDS, establishes long-term

commitment and common vision• Cross sector

– Public P-12 education – early childhood education– Public and independent higher education

ILDS Legislature –SB1828

• Aligned with national initiatives– Data Quality Campaign’s 10 Essential Elements– Required for participation in federal grants

• Collaboration with local partners across levels and sectors– Change the culture– Increase access to information and data

• Data driven improvements to practice– Research & reports to the General Assembly – Strengthen educational policy in Illinois

ILDS – Higher Education

Illinois Higher Education Consortium Voluntary, collaborative effort to maintain

higher education data Establish and administer data collection,

storage, and management Meets requirements of P-20 LDS Act Non-participating institutions required to

submit data to IBHE IBHE authorized to meet requirements of

State or federal government

Participating InstitutionsAugustana College Graham Hospital School

of Nursing Lincoln College Robert Morris University

Aurora University Greenville College Loyola University Chicago Rockford CollegeBenedictine University Illinois Community

College Board on Behalf of Illinois Community

Colleges*

MacMurray College Roosevelt University

Blackburn College CEC - Harrington College of Design

Methodist College of Nursing

Rush University

Bradley University Illinois College Midstate College Saint Anthony College of Nursing

Career Education Corporation (CEC)

Illinois Institute of Technology

Millikin University Saint John’s College

Chicago State University Illinois State University Monmouth College Saint Xavier UniversityColumbia College Chicago Illinois Wesleyan

UniversityNational University of

Health SciencesShimer College

Concordia University Chicago CEC- International of Academy of Design and

Technology Chicago

National-Louis University Southern Illinois University

DePaul University CEC - International of Academy of Design and Technology Schaumburg

North Central College Trinity Christian College

DeVry University-Illinois Judson University North Park University Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Dominican University Kendall College Northeastern Illinois University

University of Illinois

Eastern Illinois University Knox College Northern Illinois University

University of Saint Francis

Elmhurst College Lake Forest College Northwestern College VanderCook College of Music

Eureka College CEC- Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts

Chicago

Quincy University Western Illinois University

Governors State University Lewis University Resurrection University Wheaton College

IHEC Governing StructureGoverning Board• Manages and directs IHEC

– Voting, two each: Community College, Private Institutions, Proprietary Institutions, Public Universities

– Non voting: IBHE, ISBE, ICCB, FIICU, ISAC

• Annual meeting of participating institutions• Designate institution as IHEC Administrator• Establish annual plan, budget, and schedule• Determine qualifications, hiring of Executive

Director• Standing committees – Data Access and Use,

Technical, Data Elements, and Report Development

IHEC Governing Structure Standing Committees Data Access and Use Committee

Recommend policies, procedures, and standards for approving or disapproving data sharing authorizations

Data Elements Committee Recommend the data elements that must

be submitted The schedule for data submissions The data standards for such submissions

IHEC Governing Structure Standing Committees (Cont.) Technical Advisory Committee

Recommend the configuration of systems, hardware, software, networking, and other technical specifications.

Report Development Committee Recommend the format and standards for

generating reports.

Data Collection

Person: Student Identifier, Institution, Demographic, Financial Aid

History: High School, Test Scores, Transfer

Program: Enrollment, Progress, Graduation

Illinois Higher Education ConsortiumData Submission For audit or evaluation or education

research To an authorized representative To an individual or organization to

undertake education research To participating institution where

student has enrolled or was previously enrolled

Future Plans

Data Collections Fall 2011 – Public Institutions Submit Data Fall 2011 – ISEG Collection June 2012 – ILDS populated with public

university and community college higher education data

July 2012 – Annual Meeting June 2013 – ILDS populated with private

university higher education data

Future Plans (Cont.)

Designate a participating institution as the IHEC Administrator

Slate Standing Committees: Data Access and Use Technical Report Development

Questions