February 16, 2012 MIS Conference San Diego A History of and a Path Forward for the K-12 Standards...

February 16, 2012MIS Conference

San Diego

A History of and a Path Forward for the K-12 Standards Movement

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AgendaAgenda


• Brief History of the SIF Implementation Specification

• Today’s Standards Landscape

• Assessment

• Needs

• SIF Alignment


Brief History of SIF Brief History of SIF AssociationAssociation


SIF Association• Over 15 years of standards development

• Implementations • All 50 states• 29 states have implemented or in the process of

implementing statewide• 40% of the United Kingdom • All states and territories in Australia• Europe, Canada, Africa and South America

• Truly open standard

• Over 2,800 data elements

• Over 155 data objects


SIF: What has come before…

SIF Version 1.x

Focus: Horizontal SIFLocale: United StatesScope: The School and DistrictCommunity: Primarily vendor driven

Links SIS to other school applications Agent-ZIS model in a single Zone


SIF: What has come before…SIF Version 2.x

Focus: Vertical SIFLocale: US, UK, and AUScope: The District and StateCommunity: Primarily SEA and LEA driven

Student Locator, Vertical Reporting Zone to Zone communication, Multi-Zone Agents Web services State–wide deployments – 29 that have implemented or are in process of implementingSeparation of data model and infrastructure95% compatibility with existing CEDS 2.0 K-12


Today’s Standards Today’s Standards LandscapeLandscape


MessyLandscape


Level Setting

• Interoperability Goal: the ability to make it possible to use any data, any digital content or any software application across any computer system

• Community developed tech standards – driven by communities with a particular focus

• Needs are expanding…


Why Develop and Use Standardized Data?

•Sound educational policies•Increase student achievement•Comparison•Accuracy and timeliness•Education research•Facilitate reporting


Why Develop and Use Technical Standards?

•Access to all data•Scalability dependent upon funding cycles•Easier comparison and quality•Best of breed solutions•Easy discovery, access and use of learning resources and tools•Integrated instruction, assessment and reporting


Top 5 Technical Standards Myths:

1.Technical standards are for others * Cost/time effective * International, cross-markets * Larger market segments * Easy integration

2. Technical standards are limiting * Greater choice of tools * Flexible, adaptable designs * Easier integration

3. Technical standards reinvent the wheel * Predictable product/services * Predictable evolution of infrastructure/functions


Top 5 Technical Standards Myths:

4. Technical standards do not impact development * Interoperable infrastructure can speed utilization * Independent platform and applications allowable

5. Technical standards do not impact delivery * Stable compliance * Compatible playback platforms * Easier maintainability/re-purposing


CEDS V2 Assessment - SIF


Evolution of Expectations

• Silos between the business and use cases of data identification, management, movement and utilization disappearing

• Interoperability demanded but cannot be too complicated and must be seamless

• Marketplace and policies becoming “learner” focused and not “stuff” focused

• Change in education – time for change in standards support?


EDFactsCommon Core

NEDM

RTTARegistry

TSDL

IPEDS

IPEDS

SLDS

HandbooksSLI

State Core

SIF

Ed-Fi


AssessmentAssessment


Test Administration•AssessmentAdministration•AssessmentRegistration•TestAccommodations•AssessmentSection*

Test Scoring and Reporting•ItemCharacteristics•StudentResponseSet•StudentScoreSet•AssessmentScoreTable*•AssessmentRubric*

Test Delivery•Assessment•AssessmentForm•AssessmentItem•AssessmentPackage•AssessmentSubtest•AssessmentAsset*•AssessmentSection*

Current SIF Data Objects for Assessment

• Needs

• SBAC

• PARCC

Race to the Top Assessment



• Define the AIF, determine scope

• Create and refine use cases

• Identify collaborative efforts

• Identify changes to existing standards

• Develop new standards, as applicable

• Create a set of documentation that describes how a

solution should be implemented and

• Develop a working prototype

IMS and SIF Association Collaboration

Assessment Interoperability Framework (AIF)

STATESLDS, Accountability/xAYP, Growth

STATESLDS, Accountability/xAYP, Growth

Assessment Registration &

Administration System (ARAS)

Assessment Registration &

Administration System (ARAS)

Assessment Scoring

Management System(ASMS)

Assessment Scoring

Management System(ASMS)

Assessment Creation & Management System(ACMS)

Assessment Creation & Management System(ACMS)

LOCAL (District/School)SIS, LMS, Gradebook, Reporting System

LOCAL (District/School)SIS, LMS, Gradebook, Reporting System

AssessmentData

Warehouse(ADW)

AssessmentData

Warehouse(ADW)

33

22

66

88

1414

1

Assessment Results Operational Reporting

(AROR)

Assessment Results Operational Reporting

(AROR)

1010

44

Assessment Presentation & Session Management System

(APSMS)

Assessment Presentation & Session Management System

(APSMS)

Assessment Delivery System (ADS) Assessment Reporting System(ARS)

1313 1616

Test Banking

Test Banking

Item Banking

Item Banking

PNPPNP

PNPPNP



NeedsNeeds


• Instructional improvement systems alignment

• Ongoing clarity in standards landscape

• Quick access to data environment while maintaining security and privacy controls

• Alignment between data, learning, assessment and reporting

What do we need?


• Fueling early warning systems and near real-time decision support systems

• Empowering service delivery to where the student is when the student needs it

• Teacher evaluation and effectiveness

• Seamless application integration

What do we need?


SIF AlignmentSIF Alignment


SIF: What is happening NOW…SIF Version 3.x

Focus: Enterprise SIFLocale: Global (US, AU, UK, and more on the way) Scope: P-20: Early Childhood to WorkforceCommunity: Federal/SEA/LEA and Vendors

CEDS-ON-THE-WIRE Modern 21st century infrastructure Gateway to other standards (PESC, NIEM)Additional data model changes to support teaching and learning


SIF 3.0: CEDS-ON-THE-WIRE

Next Generation Specification and Tools

•Community-based open standard developed and driven by thousands of members and proven implementations

•Cost effective implementation of interoperability

•Deep partnership with other specification and standard organizations

•P-20 Support for data temporality and longitudinal comparison of data

•Query the model for any desired entities or elements



Next Generation Specification and Tools•Data dictionary tool aligned with CEDS Alignment tool allows for:

• quick and accurate element creation, mapping and alignment.

• automation of element management when sources- like CEDS- upgrade to a new version.

•Allows for internationalization and customization

•Manages global trunk entities and attributes

•Specification Generation tool that automates and aides generating a new spec or changes to the spec



CEDS and Assessment Model Support

•Full support of CEDS 2.0 Data Model

•Automation support of CEDS versioning into the SIF serialization model

•Full integration with the the Common Core Assessment model

•Support / Enable CEDS on the Wire

•Ability to certify that CEDS entities, relationships, elements, and code sets are supported using SIF 3.0 Test Harness



New Infrastructure

•Extensibility to support state and local requirements

•Capacity to transport any data model over Web Services protocols

•Use of automation and local control to rapidly implement new requirements

•Set of functional services to operationalize education



New Infrastructure•Enabling master data management for the enterprise•Standard, cross-platform messaging - multiple

bindings to SOAP, REST, JSON •Data and service broker interfaces enables:

• enterprise class security, • privacy, • identity management, and • access control.


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