NYSED%20Teacher%20Student%20Data%20Linkage%20(TSDL)%20Overview

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NYSED Teacher Student Data Linkage (TSDL) Overview
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TSDL FILES

• Staff Student Course- links Teachers to course
  and students
• Staff Assignment- links principals to
  schools/grades
• Student Class Grade Detail- links students to
  course outcomes (grades, credit)
• Staff Snapshot- staff demographics
• Staff Evaluation Rating- districts use to provide
  NYSED final APPR rating data for their teachers
• These reporting templates found at
  http//www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/vendors/templates.htm
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NYS TSDL DATA FLOW- Players

• NYSED Information and Reporting Services (IRS)-
  data collection and reporting branch of the
  Department
• Reporting entities
• Charter Schools and Districts (LEAs)
• BOCES (Board of Cooperative Education Services)-
  regional support for LEAs
• Regional Information Centers (RICs)- Regional
  data collection and reporting support for LEAs
  and BOCES
• American Institute for Research (AIR)- NYSEDs
  growth vendor

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NYS TSDL DATA FLOW- key

• Colors
• Arrows

• Shapes

Reporting Entity
Reporting Entity
Data Level
RICs
NYSED
Teachers
Web app/site
Teachers
AIR
Vendor
Assessment roster data
Roster data
Growth data
Web access
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NYS TSDL DATA FLOW
IRS Business Portal
Districts
Regional Data Warehouses
State Data Warehouse
Schools
BOCES
TSRV
AIR
GRS
Teachers
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ONE CYCLE in TSDL

• Summer- district assigns teachers and students to
  courses and principals to schools
• Start of school year- districts begin to create
  staff student course records and staff assignment
  records in their SMSs and submit to regional data
  warehouses
• Mid school year to June- state data warehouse
  open for TSDL data
• When state collection opens- PIN letters are
  generated for new teachers, current year roster
  data available in Teacher Student Roster
  Verification System (TSRV)
• Between end of testing cycle and end of school
  year- districts report student outcomes and
  certify their data

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ONE CYCLE in TSDL(cont.)

• July- NYSED submits data to AIR and growth scores
  are calculated
• August- NYSED gets growth scores from AIR and
  reports to districts
• September 1 SY2- deadline for districts to give
  teachers and principals APPR rating
• October SY2- AIR posts data on Growth Reporting
  System (GRS) website
• Nov/Dec SY2- deadline for districts to report and
  certify composite APPR scores to NYSED
• February SY2- NYSED reports composite scores on
  Public Data website