Ajit Gopalakrishnan

The proposed project seeks to build on successful research partnerships, developed through CSDE, to sustain and scale methods to identify and address key state policy questions, and to ensure the SLDS has the infrastructure to improve availability of data for researchers and analysts.

The goal of this project is to expand the infrastructure of P20 WIN by adding new data sources and staffing so that Connecticut has the capacity to understand and address the needs of students especially those who are at-risk. In addition, the project intends to accelerate data use.

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) implemented the student-level Public School Information System (PSIS) in October 2002. In October 2005 a unique student identifier was incorporated to facilitate the process of linking student information across several databases. Since then the CSDE has been working with an outside vendor to enhance the PSIS to more effectively track the educational experience of students in the local school districts.