Texas Student Data System

The Texas Student Data System will provide educators and policymakers with actionable, timely data to improve student performance while easing the burden of data collection on districts. Collectively, the TSDS components will standardize the data collection and data management process, and equip educators with historical, timely and actionable student data to drive classroom and student success.

The goals of the system are to:

  1. Enhance performance management capabilities through the creation of academic dashboards and early warning systems that will, for example, help determine which students are at risk of dropping out and recommend intervention strategies;
  2. Alleviate the data collection burden on school districts and improve data quality; and
  3. Integrate key data into the Texas Education Agency (TEA) P–20 data warehouse, the Texas P–16 Public Education Information Resource (TPEIR), to better understand students’ preparedness to contribute to the 21st-century workforce.

The system will leverage five major system components to accomplish these goals:

  • District connections database (DCD);
  • Certified Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) data store;
  • TPEIR;
  • Business intelligence tools; and
  • Voluntary state-sponsored student information system (SIS).

Full deployment of the solution will occur over the next five to six years, depending on the availability of funding and other key resources. The system is being designed to produce sustainable and positive outcomes throughout this period, based on the funding that already has been committed. As plans and expected outcomes become complete, they will be made available through this Web site.