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The Montana Office of Public Instruction receives $5.8MM grant to expand Statewide Data System.

The Montana Office of Public Instruction http://www.opi.state.mt.us/ has been awarded a $5,798,000 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to establish a data warehouse. This four year grant will enable OPI to create a system to organize and map Montana’s educational data, create a data governance process, establish a data warehouse, migrate data from various systems to the warehouse, and implement tools to make the data accessible to users.

The establishment of the data warehouse will lay the foundation for a longitudinal data system that will benefit public education in Montana. It will also facilitate the exchange of information between pre-Kindergarten and post-secondary data systems. In addition, a longitudinal data system will facilitate federal and state reporting and provide additional program effectiveness for students by both teachers and administrators.

"Implementing a comprehensive statewide longitudinal data system, will enable OPI to generate accurate and timely data to meet reporting requirements; support evidence-based education decision-making; and increase the efficiency and organization of transferring educational data among schools and districts to improve student achievement," said Superintendent Juneau.

In the future, this system will provide more information to parents and the public regarding school performance and provide for increased transparency.

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