State Superintendent of Education: SLED Index

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), in partnership with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and key public education stakeholders, is developing a statewide longitudinal education data warehouse referred to as the State Longitudinal Education Data Warehouse program (data warehouse). The data warehouse will be the main repository of current and historical public education student data in the District of Columbia for education analysis, research and reporting purposes. The data warehouse will be populated with information extracted from disparate enterprise educational systems into a single comprehensive relational database. It will standardize student academic information currently stored in various local education agencies (LEAs) and track student information statewide over multiple years and in multiple education institutions.

Once built, the data warehouse will enable the sharing of critical information spanning early childhood, P-16, post-secondary, and adult education across systems that track student learning, school and classroom performance. The data warehouse will ultimately link to other youth and adult serving systems to provide a comprehensive picture of the learners within the District of Columbia. This information will assist in meeting educational needs through better planning, trend analysis, performance projections, implementation, program evaluation, and stakeholder empowerment. The data warehouse will be designed to provide user-friendly database queries that produce standard and customized reports for various stakeholders. Stakeholders will be able to use the data warehouse to identify which schools and classrooms are closing the achievement gap, analyze the value of various education programs, determine which schools work best for particular types of students and identify teacher and other educational best practices that are improving student achievement.

This program charter provides the fundamental aspects of the program, such as the mission, vision, goal, stakeholder and scope analysis, milestones, financial information, communication plan and risk analysis. In addition, it also provides the known critical requirements that are necessary for the successful completion of this program.

Select the links below to view more information about the data warehouse program and to review the Office of Contracting and Procurement's solicitation details for the Request for Information (RFI):