CEDARS
CEDARSBen Comer, CEDARS Project Manager
CEDARS is North Carolina's PreK-13 State Longitudinal Data System. The system is composed of various DPI source data collection systems, a student and staff identification system, a centralized data repository, and associated reporting and analysis (or "business intelligence") tools. Once completed, CEDARS will support NC's efforts to use high quality data about students, staff, programs, and finances to make policy and service decisions that will improve student outcomes. Specifically, CEDARS will enable State, local, and federal policy makers and service providers to analyze trends and relationships between various educational factors and student performance over time.
CEDARS will support the data sharing and reporting needs of DPI staff, school principals, and local school district administrators, State and federal policy and decision makers, researchers, and other consumers of educational data. CEDARS will also improve the state's ability to share and exchange data with external entities, including the federal government, institutes of higher education, and other State agencies.
For a general overview of the CEDARS Project, click below:
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