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North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Partnership

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) maintains a partnership with NDUS Institutional Research (NDUS-IR) for research and data services.  Additionally, NDUS-IR and NDDPI collaborate with the North Dakota Information Technology Department (NDIT) on the Insights project.  The Insights project is a set of statewide dashboards for K-12 school accountability, and is located at insights.nd.gov.

K-12 Surveys

If you anticipate you will need assistance from the IR team in analyzing survey results, please involve our staff in the survey design process. Below are resources to help you get started. The checklist highlights key considerations for creating and implementing successful surveys. We encourage you to draft some survey questions that we can help refine.

Survey Design Checklist

Read our blog article on creating high quality surveys.

K-12 Data Requests

NDUS-IR staff are responsible for handling data requests related to K-12 enrollment. To make a K-12 data request, contact the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

Guidelines for DPI Data Requests:

  1. Compliance with Regulations: All research requests must comply with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Public Welfare, Department of Health and Human Services, Part 46, Protection of Human Subjects (2009). Learn more.
  2. Respect for Policies: NDUS-IR and NDDPI respect established school and district policies, procedures, and protocols regarding the use of institutional, student, and personnel data for research purposes. If the requested data is specific to a school or district, the requestor may be referred to contact that school or district directly to ensure the research is sanctioned.
  3. Coursework and Research Requests: NDUS-IR is not obligated to fulfill data requests for undergraduate or graduate coursework or research, including master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
  4. Student-Level Data: NDUS-IR will not fulfill research requests for student-level data, whether identified or de-identified.
  5. Data Analysis Responsibility: When data is provided by NDUS-IR for a research request, NDUS-IR will not be responsible for any aspect of the data analysis. The individual requesting the data will be responsible for all corresponding data analysis.
K-12 Dashboards & Data

K-12 Maps

Provides a breakdown of North Dakota K-12 schools by district, REAs, counties, legislative boundaries, and early childhood programs.

ND Insights

Provides K-12 public school performance indicators and NDUS enrollment by fields of study.  Downloadable K-12 data from publicly available aggregate data downloads for a wide range of performance measures.