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It summarizes a May 2022 forum coordinated by RTI International and the Institute for Higher Education Policy, which evaluated three separately developed models, presents process details from expert listening tours, and reviews key components, benefits, and limitations. 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To expand the availability and coverage of federal postsecondary education data, Congress introduced the College Transparency Act  ([CTA]; U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives [House]) in the 115th through 117th Congresses and the College Affordability Act ([CAA]; House) in the 116th Congress. In 2022, the House passed the CTA as an amendment to the  America COMPETES Act, a larger bill focused on  \nworkforce competitiveness, though the amendment was excluded from the  \nfinal bill that was signed into law.  \nThe mechanism for comprehensive data reform proposed by the CTA and CAA is the  \ncreation of a federal student-level data network (SLDN) that would leverage data available  \nat institutions of higher education and federal agencies with the intent of streamlining  \nthose institutions’ data-reporting burden and ensuring that reported data are inclusive  \nof all students and all outcomes. Legislation includes detail on the data elements, data  \ncoverage, agencies responsible for data collection, and advisory body but is not  \nprescriptive on the design and implementation of an SLDN.  \nTo help create a knowledge base around an SLDN in preparation for passage of the CTA,  \nRTI International2 partnered with the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) to host  \na series of forums on the SLDN. The first SLDN forum was held in June 2020 and sought  \nto outline the data elements required by the legislation.3 In September of that same year,  \nRTI and IHEP convened a second forum regarding institutional perspectives on the data  \nsubmission process to an SLDN.4 Panelists in the first two forums raised issues related  \nto financial aid variables in an SLDN, which precipitated a third forum to engage financial  \naid professionals in May 2021.5 A fourth forum, held in May 2022, is the focus of this report  \nand was centered around three potential models for a federal SLDN, each separately  \ndevised by pairs of experts knowledgeable in student-level postsecondary data collection  \nefforts . Participants attending the forum provided feedback and areas for further  \nexploration related to each design.  \nRTI International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute. RTI and the RTI logo are U.S. registered trademarks of Research Triangle Institute.  \nIMPLEMENTING A STUDENT-LEVEL DATA NETWORK (PART IV): EXPLORING DESIGN OPTIONS   2  \nThe CTA requires the SLDN be a student-level data collection for all postsecondary students at every institution in the country that is eligible to participate in federal financial aid programs, which covers about 20 million students annually across almost 6,000 institutions.6 The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), at the U. S. Department of Education (ED), would create and implement the SLDN, including the collection and reporting by institutions of approximately 40 data elements per student, with the expectation that roughly 20 additional data elements per student would be included from federal data sources (e . g. , National Student Loan Data System, Internal Revenue Service, Census Bureau, Veterans Benefits Administration, and U. S. Department of Defense) .  \nRTI and IHEP plan to continue to engage experts and gather intelligence, supporting the brainstorming around SLDN design in preparation for future passage of the CTA or a similar bill creating an SLDN.  \nThe information summarized in this report is intended to generate discussion and is not intended to draw conclusions or recommend solutions for the SLDN. 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