Tracking Student Progress in an ERP Environment to

Tracking Student Progress in an ERP Environment to Satisfy Complex NCATE Reporting Requirements Dr. Leontye Lewis, Director, School of Education, Coppin State University – llewis@coppin. edu B. Karen Le. Drew, People. Soft Functional Specialist & Management Consultant – kledrew@coppin. edu Sample Milestones: Used to track progress through phases of education program. The Problem: In 2004, NCATE stipulated complex reporting requirements on which accreditation for the School of Education was dependent. 1. Ability to track progress of education graduates through phases of the Teacher Education Program. Milestone Summary 2. Ability to report rubric outcomes for multiple benchmarks by the 2006 site visit. ERP Developments: Coppin State University created a set of Milestones and Special Requirement Usages in the People. Soft system. Milestone by Grade Effective Term View Milestone by Status Completion Term View -rules were used to track candidate progress through phases of education program - graded “sub”milestones were developed to track performance on rubrics for the various education benchmarks to support NCATE reporting requirements Milestone Detail Program/Plan Summary ERP Results: The analytical reports satisfied NCATE specifications and demonstrated the ability to generate required data on-demand for timely, accurate, detailed reporting. - PRAXIS II - Portfolio - Essay - Teaching Experience Sample “Sub”milestones: Used to track performance in rubrics guided by Conceptual Framework for NCATE reporting. - Effective Communicator - Reflective Decision Maker - Instructional Leader - Systematic Planner - Evolving Professional ERP Reporting: Complex NCATE reporting requirements incorporated into i. Strategy’s Higher Ed Analytics data warehouse application. A range of reports can be generated using flexible selection criterion that show completion rates and status by program and plan for milestones and rubrics. Coppin State University is one of a very few institutions in Maryland that has secured accreditation without any areas for improvement by fully satisfying NCATE requirements. Copyright B. Karen Le. Drew, 2007. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.