With the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), we are in a new era of education: high standards, accountability and school improvement.  More and more, state education agencies are building the capacity to collect and manage large quantities of information about schools and districts, and to match individual student records over time and across databases.  eRIDE is the Department's new Information Services initiative to streamline the data collection process and improve the accuracy, timeliness, and utility of information collected to be used to inform management, budget, and policy decisions.   Click here for more information about eRIDE or how to obtain an eRIDE account.