eRIDE User Guide

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.  An adequate statewide student data-collection system makes it easier for a state to meet legal reporting requirements such as those under NCLB.  It also makes possible the analyses necessary to help educators evaluate programs and policies, identify and study best practices, and continously improve schools.

eRIDE is the Department's latest initiative to streamline data collection and information management.  It provides a secured portal for each district and school to submit or upload data through single pipeline.  It serves as a statewide comprehensive data system that tracks the individual student records from the state test results to program participation over time and across databases.  When fully implemented, every educator will access to an interactive database that offers supportive analytical tools to guide meaningful change in instructional practices.