Iowa Student Outcomes Dashboard for Education and Employment

The State of Iowa provides a dashboard consolidating student success metrics from PK-12 education to gainful employment. It tracks outcomes across education levels, financial aid, and industry alignment to inform decision-makers. The dataset includes information on student enrollment, college readiness, and adult literacy programs.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Student Enrollment across PK-12, postsecondary, and adult literacy programs to identify participation shifts.
• Evaluate the impact of Last Dollar Scholarships on student completion rates and subsequent gainful employment outcomes.
• Assess alignment between Industry Credentials Licenses obtained and employment data to measure program effectiveness.
• Monitor participation and completion rates in Registered Apprenticeships as a pathway to employment for Iowa students.

Strengths

• Consolidates data from multiple educational stages (PK-12, postsecondary, adult literacy) into a single access point.
• Managed by the authoritative State of Iowa organization, ensuring official data provenance.
• Includes non-traditional pathways like Registered Apprenticeships and Industry Credentials Licenses.

Limitations

• Data is presented only in an HTML dashboard format, limiting direct programmatic access and analysis.
• Specific data volumes, such as row counts or time series depth, are not disclosed.
• The update frequency is not specified, and the last known update was in September 2023.

Provenance

Source

State of Iowa

Collection Method

Consolidated from state educational and employment tracking systems.

Freshness

Last updated 2023-09-01; update frequency not specified.

Geography

Iowa, United States