Student Information System
Overview
The passage of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" increased accountability and reporting requirements regarding student academic achievement. In order to better respond to these and other federal and state reporting requirements, ISBE and the IBM Corporation are in the process of developing and implementing a state-level student information system. Through the project students will be assigned a unique identification number. All data to and from the state will use that unique identifier. The use of individual student records will:
- increase the state's capacity to follow a student's progress over time;
- provide better quality data to drive more enlightened policy decisions resulting in enhanced educational opportunities for all children;
- reduce data collection burden on schools and districts; and
- enhance the use and relevance of state data by districts and schools.
ISBE Student Information Systems Training
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will be conducting summer training sessions for users who are new or who would like a refresher course. School Districts and Early Childhood entities are limited to two (2) participants.
Each training session is designed to demonstrate the current and new system features of the online and batch functionalities including the creation of Comma Separated Value (CSV) files.
Online registration is now open and will end on July 15, 2010. A morning training session 9 AM to 12 PM will be offered to participants at each location. If the morning session fills to capacity, an afternoon training session from 1 PM to 4 PM will then be offered. Participants only need to attend one four hour training session.
- 2010 SIS Summer Training Presentation PowerPoint Format PDF Format
