}Longitudinal Data System incorporating data from KIDS, Directory, Special Education, CETE, PBR, SO66, and many other reports and systems
}Designed to analyze education trends over time, monitor quality of KIDS submissions of your staff, provide drill down capability to assessment results, etc.
}The first of its kind to be offered via the internet (authenticated to protect student privacy)
}Providing data analysis at a deeper level than what can be achieved on the Kansas K-12 Reports
If you aren’t already familiar with SEEK, you may be wondering what exactly this is. SEEK is a Longitudinal Data System incorporating data from KIDS, Directory, Special Education, CETE, PBR, SO66, and many other reports and systems. Simply put, SEEK pulls together what you have reported to the state and gives your state-reported data back to you aligned with the ability to drill down to see specific students in a safe and secure environment that is FERPA compliant.

So you may be wondering what can be SEEK used for?
SEEK was designed to analyze education trends over time, monitor quality of KIDS submissions of your staff, provide drill down capability to assessment results, and much more. It provides you with one place to monitor trends in your education data from your building or district.

You may be wondering Why is this part of the DQC Program Refresher? SEEK has been a long-time goal of KSDE’s to compile the data that schools and districts are required to submit and provide tools back to schools and districts to use data to positively impact the field of education in Kansas. It is also historically significant. Seek is the first of its kind to be offered via the internet (authenticated to protect student privacy)

So what is the difference between the Kansas K-12 Reports website we just visited and SEEK? SEEK is meant to provide data analysis at a deeper level than what can be achieved on the Kansas K-12 Reports because SEEK can go where the building reports can’t: down to specific student data that has been submitted about your students.

While I am unable to show you a live demonstration today because SEEK can drill down to specific students, I have prepared a few examples to show you the kinds of data tools made available to Administrators in SEEK. Let’s look at a few examples now.