What is the VDC?

The Vermont Data Consortium (VDC) is a collaborative of 31 supervisory unions/districts partnering with the Vermont Department of Education (DOE) and TetraData Corporation to deliver an Education Data Warehouse (EDW), data analysis tools and training for data-driven decision making for its members. The function of the VDC is to ensure that Vermont supervisory unions/districts have cost-effective, timely and accurate student and educational data available to address continuous school improvement as well as state and federal accountability and reporting requirements. Click here for a VDC Brochure and a presentation about the VDC Organization.

What is the EDW?

The Education Data Warehouse (EDW) is a large, consolidated database with a set of analysis tools that allow users to access data from the system through a secure, internet connection. The EDW was built as a collaborative project between the VDC, the Vermont Department of Education (DOE) and the TetraData Corporation and first went online in October 2005. The EDW contains data submitted by Vermont schools to the DOE through the Student Census, Child Count, State Assessments, Educator Census, Financial Stat report and other data collections. The EDW is the one place that all this data is consolidated in one system. In addition, the EDW allows VDC members to add additional local data such as student schedules, course grades, local demographics and local assessments to the system and relate it to the DOE data. Click here for a presentation about the EDW Analysis Suite (6.5MB).

What's New?

New EDW Trainings Announced

The VDC is pleased to announced some additional training opportunities over the coming months. These trainings are focused on new users to the system particularly ones from supervisory unions/districts that are new to VDC. New User trainings will be offered on May 19, June 2, August 13, September 15 , October 7 and November 12. There will be Advanced User trainings held on September 16, October 8, and November 13. We will be holding a series of trainings focused on the needs of business managers on September 17, October 9 and November 14. All trainings will be held at the VDC/LAPDA training room in Montpelier. In addition, we are currently working on organizing additional, regional new user trainings in coordination with your local ESA. Please go to the Trainings page to sign up.

VDC and DOE Announce EDW for All Vermont Supervisory Unions/Districts

A recent VT Dept of Education weekly field memo includes a VDC/DOE joint announcement. The two organizations have been successful in pooling resources to offer a BASIC VDC membership to all Vermont SU/SDs, granting limited access to the Education Data Warehouse (EDW) for the 2008-2009 school year. Read the VDC-DOE Joint Announcement and go to the "Getting Started" section for more information.

Differentiated VDC Membership Structure for the 2008-2009 School Year

The VDC Board has established a differentiated membership fee structure for the 2008-2009 school year. Supervisory unions/districts are asked to choose one of three membership options. For more details, including membership features and prices, please download the VDC brochure and the VDC Membership Commitment and Request for Services. Representatives of current and new VDC members can indicate the level services they wish by responding with the paper form that has been mailed out or by filling out this online form.

See further announcements on the News page.

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