P-20 Data Systems
Discover how SAS can help you make informed decisions about student learning while protecting privacy and ensuring compliance. SAS makes it easy to connect aggregate and disparate data and spot trends over time.
How SAS supports P-20 data systems
SAS provides software and services for creating a robust and modernized statewide longitudinal data system (SLDS) to help education leaders move from assumption-based decisions to data-driven decisions informed by analytic insight.
Data integration
- Combine multiple sources of disparate data across early childhood, K-12, postsecondary and workforce.
- Ensure data security with a solution designed for privacy and compliance.
- Automate data quality with embedded business rules.
- Use data models aligned to the Common Education Data Standards, Ed-Fi and SIF data standards.
Analytic insights
- Explore student-level data and predict trends over time.
- Create the foundation for analytically informed decision making.
- Perform simulations and scenario analyses to demonstrate the potential impacts of decisions.
Dynamic visualizations
- Evolve from flat, static files to dynamic visualizations.
- Provide users with displays that help stakeholders understand data more easily.
- Display data in multiple formats.
- Create interactive visualizations based on best practices and the ability to meet the needs of different audiences
Why do education leaders choose SAS for P-20 data systems?
SAS helps state education agencies connect and see student-level data over time. This aggregate data can be used to spot trends for improving education systems. The solution identifies highly successful programs that support student achievement and highlights opportunities for improvement, such as common equity challenges.
Create momentum
Demonstrate the need for desired policies and the progress of reforms.
Empower constituents
Help policymakers, parents and education leaders make data-informed decisions.
Generate insights
Identify successful programs that support student achievement.
Facilitate research
Provide data for further investigation to help close achievement gaps.
Identify outcomes
Highlight return on education program investments.
Answer questions
Address issues critical to understanding your state’s future education and workforce needs.
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Webinar
ECS Partnering for Success: Using State Data Systems to Spur Collaboration and Improve Education
State longitudinal data systems are powerful tools that can provide vital information to guide decision-making. Watch the webinar to hear from leaders in Maryland and North Carolina about how data systems can help address education challenges.
Recommended Resources for P-20 Data Systems
- White Paper Data Management: The Foundation for Successful Reporting and Analytics in EducationSee how effective data management enables educational institutions to generate accurate reports and analytics - and how SAS can help.
- White Paper The Evolution of P20W Data LinkingLearn how Minnesota’s P20W Data Warehouse will provide a valuable data repository for early childhood care, education and employment information for many audiences to improve the experiences and outcomes of individuals across the lifespan.
- White Paper From cradle to career: A modern SLDSModern statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) that meets the needs of students and their communities are an essential part of a strong educational framework.
- Series SAS Training: Data Literacy EssentialsFrom young students to lifelong learners, knowing how to engage with data is more important than ever. Check out our free, self-paced data literacy course to start building those skills!