The State has designed, built, and deployed some of the fundamental building blocks of a statewide longitudinal data system, including implementation of a unique student identifier and student-level data collection system. While this system enables ISBE to be in a better position to support the tracking of individual students, the agency needs to take the critical steps of integrating all ISBE student-level data collection systems and connecting student-level data with data from other parts of the ISBE education enterprise (e.g., staff data, special education data, and school district finances).