Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Resources

Texas Student Data System

• Download Vendor Forum Presentation May 14, 2010
• Download Vendor Forum Q&A

State Sponsored SIS

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District Connections Database

• DCD Documentation

• The purpose of this resource is to share a set of tools that are portable, modular, and reusable so that practitioners can inform the next wave of performance management systems.
  Link to DCD Documentation
• Learn more about DCD Dashboards and Metrics Sharing best practices around a set of predictive metrics and creating visual depictions of these metrics that resonate with educators
• Learn more about DCD Data Standards Extract, standardize, integrate, and unify data from the many district sources in a timely manner

• Lessons Learned: Prototype Phase 1

  This paper describes the development approaches used in the initial DCD prototype with highlights of the technical team's encountered challenges.

  Download Lessons Learned PDF
  
  

• Lessons Learned: Prototype Phase 2

  This document outlines experiences and lessons learned during the second phase of DCD prototype development.
  Download Lessons Learned PDF

PEIMS

• Link to Texas Education Agency

TPEIR

• Link to Texas Education Agency

State Sponsored SIS

• RFO # 701-11-030 - RFO-Texas Student Data System (TSDS) State-sponsored Student Information System (SSIS)
• RFI 701-11-011 State-sponsored Student Information System

District Connections Database

• TEA RFI 701-11-028 District-facing Statewide Education Data Warehouse Solution
• Download TSDS DCD RFI Vendor Forum Presentation – November 22, 2010

Other

• RFO - Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Integration Services
• RFO-Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Education Data Warehouse (EDW) Hosting Service
• RFO - Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Education Data Warehouse (EDW) Solution

Texas Student Data System

• TSDS Overview

  A brief overview of the background, objectives, and major components of the planned TSDS. Download TSDS Overview PDF

• Metric Story

  An illustrative example of how data and metrics relate to classroom practice. Download Metric Story PDF

• Performance Management Report

  A report from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation demonstrating how school districts are improving student achievement through performance management tools and practices. Download MSDF Performance Management PDF

• Download 4.21.11 DCD Advisory Group Update – Presentation and Webcast Replay
  * To view the Webcast you might need to download the The WebEx ARF player
• Download NCES Winter 2011 Conference Presentation: Texas Student Data System: A New Era for Data Management and Use.
• Download IES Summer 2010 Conference - Defining the Future: The Importance of Stakeholder Engagement.
• TSDS May 3, 2010 Webinar Playback
• Download Plenary Session Presentation
  February-April 2010 Sessions

• Download Texas wins $18.2 million grant for development of the Texas Student Data System
• TSDS Regional Forum letter from Commissioner - 2.1.2010
• Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Press Release - Investment in TSDS initiative - 9.22.2009

State Sponsored SIS

• SSIS Forum Report - August 2010

  SSIS Stakeholder feedback from the regional forums held Febuary - May 2010 Download the presentation Download the report

District Connections Database

• Student, Classroom, Campus and District Snapshots

  Download Elementary School Snapshot Set PDF Download Middle School Snapshot Set PDF Download High School Snapshot Set PDF Download District Snapshot set PDF

• Engaging Stakeholders for Successful System Design

  This paper provides tips from a set of stakeholder engagements held by the TSDS project to engage and understand the needs of educators in the development of the next generation of performance dashboards.

  Download Stakeholder Engagement PDF
• Download Regional Forum Report - June 2010

  Consolidated stakeholder feedback from the regional forums held February-May 2010.

PEIMS

• Link to Texas Education Agency

TPEIR

• Link to Texas Education Agency