Data Service Credibility Reports

Providers making data submissions to the Data Service can download a credibility report for each submisson. The reports provide key summaries of the submitted data, along with key summaries of derived variables calculated on the data by the Data Service. 

The reports are part of a suite of complementary products, including the Learner Information Suite and the Data Self-Assessment Tool, that are provided by the Data Service and the Skills Funding Agency to help providers improve and maintain the quality of their individualised learner record (ILR) data.

Credibility reports are being updated for 2009/10 to include RAG colour-coding on key ILR learner fields to indicate the completeness of these fields based on information authority data standards (ILR Appendix P: Data quality, standards and field ownership). The reports will provide an overview of a provider’s data which may highlight areas of concern with the collection, and enable discussion on the accuracy and completeness of the provider’s data.