The $6.5 million project includes a data warehouse and data visualizations, an updated website and Web presence, development of data dashboards, and enhancements to the commission’s existing credentialing systems, called CASE and CTC Online.
In late 2015, the commission finalized a nearly $1 million IT consulting contract with Granite Bay, Calif.-based BM Associates Inc. for work on the CASE and CTC Online enhancements. The improvements will link the existing systems to the data warehouse, improve user friendliness and security, and result in more accurate data. According to state records, in October the commission contracted with Estrada Consulting in Sacramento for design and deployment of the dashboards and data warehouse.
The project is the first to be fully managed by the California Department of Technology's Project Management Office.
As of the end of August 2016, the commission said it had begun planning for the second phase of its data dashboards project, and design and development was in progress for the CTC Online and CASE systems. Work also has started on the website update, and implementation of a backup and recovery system.
During 2016, the commission has been periodically releasing new data dashboard to the public. Topics include designated subject credentials, child development permits, educator supply and demand, and more.
The project is slated to finish in 2017. The commission says the IT improvements will help the organization move toward a credentialing process that's data driven and outcome-based.
A 2015 task group studying the concept of a data warehouse found that data is submitted and stored by the commission in several different formats and systems:
