Use state longitudinal data systems to supplement NSC data when reporting detailed two-year college outcomes¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The article recommends that researchers combine NSC data with state administrative data such as ICCB records through the ILDS. The authors write that "the ILDS and CDDA ID provides us and other researchers with a more detailed understanding of students' two-year college experiences than the NSC currently allows," including credits, developmental course-taking, and credential detail. The strategy applies where most tracked students remain in state, as 94 percent of CPS two-year college enrollees did.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A state longitudinal data system with inter-agency record linkage (such as the CDDA ID) and a data sharing agreement

Constraints¶

• The identified strengths and limitations may be specific to two-year college outcomes, Illinois two-year colleges, and CPS graduates

Target Learners¶

• Public high school graduates enrolling in in-state two-year colleges

Target Learning Goals¶

• Comprehensive identification and interpretation of graduates' two-year college enrollment and completion outcomes

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Jenny Nagaoka and Shelby Mahaffie. (2020). Tracking Two-Year College Outcomes: Comparing National Student Clearinghouse and Illinois Community College Board as Sources of Two-Year College Data. Technical Paper, University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/tracking-two-year-college-outcomes